Ryan Robbins writes: >Maine was shut out for the first time in 304 games since Boston Coll- >ege blanked it 2-0 Oct. 26, 1985. BTW, this was the last time Maine was shutout at home. The last time Maine was shutout came on the road, 11/22/86 at Michigan State, 4-0. This also broke a streak for Lowell - 216 games without shutting out an opponent. That last time came on 12/3/87, 9-0 at home over Northeastern. (I remember that game...ouch.) Info courtesy of Lowell broadcaster Bob Ellis, who was having trouble containing himself on the air today. It sounded like he was the only one making any noise in the building. Of course, that means this was also the first career shut out for Lowell senior goalie Dwayne Roloson. In response to Steve Twombly's post, while Roloson is regarded as one of the better goalies in HE, best in the country might be pushing it. BU's Derek Herlofsky might be the best in HE, and I would have trouble ranking Roloson above RPI's Neil Little, Wisconsin's Jim Carey, or MTU's Jamie Ram, to name just a few. But that is irrelevant, because Roloson is doing well and Lowell is winning; the Chiefs have only surrendered 38 goals in 13 games, and 22 goals in 8 HE games. On the message that Ryan said was put up on the Maine scoreboard (anti-NC$$): from the times I have been up in Orono, it seemed that students had been hired to run the message board. If so, it is more understandable why the message appeared, but still they have a certain responsibility while fulfilling their duties and it should not have happened. It can only make things worse. After splitting with UNH, beating NU Friday and beating Maine on the road today, it isn't wrong to consider Lowell the 2nd best team in HE right now, IMO. --- --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93 <<<<<< Color Voice of the (7-7-1) Merrimack Warriors WCCM 800 AM >>>>>>