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At 2:03 AM -0700 1/3/1998, John T. Whelan wrote:
> Mike Machnik writes about the Ice Breaker tournament:
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> >After the tourney, USCHO contacted the NCAA and was told that the games
> >would not count in NCAA selection or in the NCAA's overall stats.
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> This comes as a surprise, since the last word from the NCAA
> that appeared on the list was the following, right after the
> tournament. I think this was a second- or third-hand account, by way
> of the Milwaukee Journal.
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> " Prior to Friday's games Parker said that the four coaches (Parker, Sauer,
> " Mason and Morris) met and agreed to recommend that the games be treated as
> " exhibition games. The issue is going before the championships committee of
> " the NCAA for a ruling. The ruling is not expected for a couple of months.
>
> So does this mean
> 1) The championships committee actually ruled back in October
> 2) The issue was settled without ever making it to committee
> or 3) The committee still hasn't ruled officially, but the powers
> that be know how they will rule. (Sorry, I didn't mean to make that
> sound like a conspiracy theory.) ?
I don't know about any of this. I recall hearing the Journal account, but
within a week after the tourney, USCHO received what was interpreted as a
definitive response from the NCAA.
> " The press
> " kit outlining the background/status of the IceBreaker Tournament (that I
> " picked up in Milwaukee last April) in its original Chicago location
> " clearly states that these were to count as regular-season contests, and
> " were NOT exhibitions.
This is incorrect. I just looked again at the documents in the kit, and
none of them say this.
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