If political officials needed another reason to upgrade Cumberland County
Civic Center or replace it, Maine's trip to Yost offers more justification.

NC$$ rules are: if yo(st) host, yo(st) stay home.  Simple as that.  Maine
fans are denied an easy ride, but if you want "better record hosts", you'd
better follow the Pirates (they have some Maine alum on the roster !!)

BU gets a big boost in hooking themselves up with the Centrum in Worcester
each year it seems; they easily could have been shipped out if not a host.
(and you get that annoying BU rink announcer who states the obvious at the
start of each game "let's play hockey")

If the NC$$ will send regionals next year to Manchester and the new arena
there, they certainly could assign a regional to Maine if a new venue was
built in Portland.

Finally, why do I get the icky feeling that too many people in the Maine
camp any be looking past Michigan in this draw....if so, that is a
prescription for "one and out"...

Dan Doucette