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Watch the woofing - its like challenging "worse" - [O things just can't get any worse] - every time you do that worse will dump on you.
In another vein, all cudos to Lucia. IMO if Minn does get a dynasty going, he is the reason. But there is too much talent both in the WCHA and college hockey in general for even Lucia to create a dynasty.
Tom Rowe UWSP dept of Psych
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Home of Division III National Champion Pointers
89, 90, 91 & 93 and National Runners-up 92 & 98
and likely never again in the final skate
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Marchio [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 5:47 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Dynasty?
>
>
> The Dynasty will be complete when they win it next year and
> they will win it.
>
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 4/13/2003 4:06:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> > > There were 26 ties in WCHA play, not 52.
> > >
> > > [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > > >Is Minnesota the new "dynasty"?
> > > >
> > > >I don't want to take anything away from the
> Gophers--they played an
> > > >outstanding game in whipping the pussies from New
> Hampshire--but I don't
> > > see
> > > >how a team with eight losses and nine ties during the
> regular season
> > > >qualifies as a dynasty. Very good, well coached,
> peaking at the right
> > > time,
> > > >clutch performers--all of those descriptors apply in
> spades to Minnesota.
> > > >But not a dynasty. At least not yet.
> > > >
> > > >And by the way, what is it with the WCHA. Why do they
> have so many ties?
> > > >WCHA teams played a total of 140 conference games during
> this past season,
> > > >and 52 of them--37%--were ties. That a higher
> percentage of ties than any
> > > >other conference--more than double the percentage of
> ties in the ECAC and
> > > the
> > > >CCHA.
> > > >
> > > >CCHA 168 conference games 30 ties 18%
> > > >CHA 60 conference games 20 ties 33%
> > > >ECAC 132 conference games 22 ties 17%
> > > >HEA 108 conference games 24 ties 22%
> > > >MAAC 143 conference games 16 ties 11%
> > > >WCHA 140 conference games 52 ties 37%
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Timothy J. Danehy
> > > http://www.collegehockeystats.com
> > > Phone - (315) 386-2748
> > > E-mail - <A
> HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">mailto:tdanehy@co
> llegehockeystats.com</A>
> > >
> >
> > You're right. I divided the total number of conference
> games by two,
> > realizing that each game has two teams, but neglected to do
> the same for the
> > number of ties, so I have overstated the percentage of ties
> for all six
> > conferences by a factor of two. My question still remains:
> Why so many more
> > ties in the WCHA than the other conferences?
>
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