--- Karen/Greg Ambrose <[log in to unmask]> wrote (among other things):
> Depth is more than scoring goals.  All season long UNH took down
> other
> teams because of the skating and checking abilities of their third
> and
> fourth lines.  They certainly did it in the two games at the Whit
> last
> month.  I see no reason why, if Noeth had allowed the teams to play,
> that
> UNH couldn't have done it again.
---
> Again, UNH beat Maine twice by convincing scores just a month ago.
> The two
> games that Maine beat UNH, both by one goal, where not indicative of
> the
> strength of the two teams.  In the first, at the Governors Cup back
> in
> November, ECAC official Doiron made a mockery of the game with his
> officiating (kind of like Noeth).  In the second, Maine won by one
> goal in
> front of probably the most raucous crowd ever assembled at Alfond.
---
>You'll never convince me that Maine was a better team, 5-on-5 than
UNH.
 
 
 
That's ok, I don't have to.
 
I just want to point out the parts of your post I've included above:
- officiating is why you lost Saturday (you give some degree of credit
to Michaud here) and also why you lost in the Gov's Cup.
- Maine only won at Alfond because of Maine's crazy crowd.
- UNH's third and fourth lines buried teams all year.
- The one-goal games are not indicitive of the team's strengths (i.e.
UNH is far superior to Maine, since the insinuation is the games in
Durham were indicitive.)
 
Everything is relative, Greg.  With the exception of officiating, which
certainly worked *both* ways Saturday, (and I personly believe each
team should adjust for) every one of your points can be turned around
and applied against UNH and for Maine.  It was a great game between two
evenly matched teams.  Hopefully you'll come to appreciate it as a
great game and great season series that certainly brought *both* teams
(back) to the forefront of college hockey and will be bigger and better
next year when both teams promise to challenge again for the title.
 
 
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