In response to the flinging of dead animals in North Dakota. . . > Also friday night, for the first time in a number of years, the first > North Dakota goal resulted in a dead (and bloody) badger being tossed > on the ice. Besides the fact that I am a badger fan, I think that is > disgusting. It was reported that the fan was arrested, and his friends > couldn't make bail, so he spent the night in jail. The game was delayed > a while for cleanup. At the time I thought North Dakota should have > gotten a penalty for delay of game, but I think that was because I was > just mad. Far better that the idiot is arrested... (I know they do the > same thing with gophers when Minnesota plays in Grand Forks, and I > don't think that is any better). > Yuck! Actually, while this is disgusting on aesthetic grounds along, it's much more objectionable (as I'm sure our Wisconsin friend is indiating. :) ) on the grounds of killing an animal for this purpose! > From: Mike Varney <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: TCHCR in Times Union.... > > Times Union Article, January 8th, 1992, Pg D-3, bottom left corner. > > > COMPUTER RANKINGS RANK LOW WITH RPI'S PLAYERS > Can someone post the address for the Times Union and perhaps the phone number, > too? I think I'll be sending Mr Croce a letter. I'm sure Keith will be in > touch with him, too - but I bet the Times Union readers never get to hear the > other side of the story. That wouldn't make for good reading, nor would it > sell papers. Hopefully I'll be proved wrong. > > I also plan to put the details of this on the air Friday night. > > Good for you, Mike! How interesting to see TCHCR discussed rationally and noncontroversially each week here on HOCKEY-L and then to get this kind of reaction from elsewhere! (Interesting but perhaps not supris- ing?) ;) > >I don't believe the reason for Maine's drastic drop in the TCHCR poll > >was a result of them beating two weaker teams, but rather its loss to a > >supposedly weaker Wisconsin team. > > Keith will answer all our questions, I'm sure :-), but playing a weak > team is often worse than being beaten by a good team. To my way of > thinking, Maine may be the best team in college hockey this year, but > should be ranked where they are by TCHCR (or any computed ranking) > because of a very weak schedule. > > (I look forward to the next 20 or so Maine games that won't be so easy!) > > A potential serious flaw to TCHCR (or any computed ranking) this year is > the overall decline in inter-league play. The "connection" between > teams of the various leagues will rest on too few games. > > Wayne > Amen, Wayne! I sent a private message to Keith about this and other things recently. More interleague play would be great for the fans as well as for the ratings! > I also read in one of the Tribune's Sports sections this week, that the NC$$ > committee was having their January meeting. In the article, it was stated, > (and I'm depending on my memory here) that it was hoped that the WCHA would > "take in" Alaska-Anchorage and that the CCHA would "take in" Alaska-Fairbanks. > In light of what Keith posted yesterday, that Alaska-Fairbanks has formed an > "alliance" with the CCHA, I thought I'd add what I read even if it wasn't the > exact wording. Woog also feels strongly about helping the Alaska schools out, > but also making sure that the league doesn't suffer any ill effects for doing > them a favor. > I hope UAA gets into a league, and would welcome them to the WCHA-- although I suppose the extra travel is bound to be a bit of a strain. Little doubt that Rick Comley and the NMU hockey program would support WCHA membership for UAA, I bet. :) *********************************** * Steve Christopher, NMU * * "Go 'Cats!''Going for two in '92!" * * [log in to unmask] * ***********************************