In reply to mike's comments i'd like to point out why
i view maine and BU's success as compareble since HE was established.
they both won as many championships (3), bu made the trip to the final
4 something like 4 times and minae perhaps once more, bu apeared
in the champ game twice and maine once. The only category that maine
has advatage in the NCAA turney is winning it once (that is very
important, i admit). Maine vs BU record is almost tied maybe maine
won two more.
   Perhaps the main reason these two teams are comparable is their
great rivalry, probably the best in college hockey right now and
as big as the BU-Cornell one. This would not be a great rivalry if the
teams were not as even as they are. To my opinion the game that
summs this rivalry best is the 0-0 game last year at walter brown
arena.
 
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