As a Westerner not involved in the ECAC/HE rivalries, there were a few comments I had to respond to... RICHCMA writes: > am also an ecac person > > just tired of the hype he gets > > few programs in the country have the traditions of cornell,clarkson, > rpi,slu,harvard etc. > Well, here's a few: Minnesota (had to get that one in!), Michigan Tech, Michigan, Michigan State, BU, BC, Colorado College, North Dakota... > country...also as I mentioned previously there are no perenial doormats in > the ecac as there are in the other three > I'm not that familiar with the other conferences, but I defy anyone to name a "perennial doormat" in the WCHA. I'm also quite puzzled by some comments (although I suppose this could be because my imperfect memory prevents my relative lack of knowledge of Eastern hockey from being completely remedied by reading hockey-l): > I think Jack Parkers reputation speaks for itself...look at the way he > shamelessly lobbied against Maine this year and > Providences hiring mess and, again: > BU and shameless lobbying Pending results of the NC$$ investigation, I'd have to say that Parker had a right to be upset by the alleged violations at Maine, but what "shameless lobbying" is being referred to here? "Providence hiring mess"? Pam Sweeney Go Gophers!!! [log in to unmask] 1993 & 1994 WCHA Playoff Champions!!! 1994 NC$$ PHinal PHour!!! Ski-U-Mah!!!