On Wed, 16 Mar 1994, John Edwards wrote:
 
> Q: What about Maine's claims that you were in a conflict of interest?
> A: Maine also said that it was one school ramrodding it through. [He then
> talked about how he was appointed interim commissioner, mentioned that Hockey
> East was a one-sport league and they didn't know if they needed a full-time
> commissioner] I would have supported the action if I was only the AD of
> Merrimack College.
 
I have to admit I'm shocked that DeGregorio said that, given I have heard
and seen at Merrimack how much pressure he and his staff is under
(especially Jim Seavey, the SID) as it appears the HE league office has
migrated a few hundred miles south to Merrimack. While Haskell may have
been perfectly able to be a "part-time" commissioner, Merrimack is a
school that is downsizing across the board, and I know there is a lot of
extra work attached to his temporary position as Commish and Jim's as
acting assistant commish (so to speak- I haven't seen official notice of
that.)
 
> Shawn Walsh:
> Q: Should DeGregorio have been disappointed or surprised with Maine's action?
> A: I'm not really a proponent of going to court. But we wanted to see it
> settled on the ice, we wanted a chance to play. There were also teams who
> were in a conflict of interest. Hockey East is likely to have 3 or 4 teams
> in the NC$$ tourney, the other teams stood to benefit by keeping Maine out of
> the tournament. The Court ruling was that nowhere in the HE bylaws is there
> provision to ban a team for administrative errors. A team can only be banned
> for misconduct, but there are four students at UNH who were arrested. That
> would seem to be misconduct, but they weren't banned.
 
Ahh, politicking.  But come on, 4 teams?  Lesseee... BU, Lowell, and then
a jumble of Northeastern, UNH, and Maine.  Perhaps now I understand why
Shawn made a point of mentioning UNH again...
 
David M. Josselyn
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