>--- D B Doucette <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Please consider that the "skating and checking" against other teams
>> has at
>> least something to do with the games played on the larger surface at
>> Snively II.  New Hampshire was 0-3 against Maine on the smaller
>> surfaces in
>> 1998-99, including the Anaheim game, 2-0 on 100 x 200. That adds up
>> to an
>> overall losing record this season against Maine.
>
>UNH was 10-7-2 on the NHL-style ice dimensions this season, they were
>*UNDEFEATED* on larger, Olympic sheets.
>
>Maine did not win a game on large ice (they had 1 or 2 ties).  All 31
>of Maine's wins came on NHL dimensions.
>
>Very interesting stats that's for sure.  You'd expect this considering
>UNH's home rink is large, and Alfond is small, but not quite this
>pronounced!
 
How come this big ice-small ice controversy did not play out last year when
Maine beat us three times at the Whit and UNH won two at Alfond?  Just
wondering.
 
Greg Ambrose
 
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