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Following is a reply Leigh made to me re: my post of Friday night's UMass
v. UMass-Lowell game....
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From            : Leigh M Torbin <[log in to unmask]>
Date            : Monday, February 20, 1995 at 1:50:20 pm EST
 
Steve wrote...
> As Leigh mentioned, this series was very vicious.  I'm glad that Leigh
> mentioned that the hit that Aaron Kriss put on Jon Jacques Saturday night
> was a clean hit, because I just didn't see it.
        Don't worry, you're not the only one....Jacques didn't see it either.
        As for Brad Norton, the concussion sufferer, he was spent Friday
night in a Lowell hospital and was released Saturday. He is questionable
for this weekend's series with Northeastern, he really got it good. And
yes, expect a suspension for Dartch.
 
> I was told that Saturday night's game was going to unfold a new trophy
> that would awarded to the winner of the season's series but I didn't hear
> any mention of it at the game.  (Of course, I may have missed it, arriving
> at the Mullins Center during the announcement of line-ups).  These two
> schools will grow to be great rivals, I feel, much in the same way as BU
> and BC.  If the ugliness of these last two games are any indication, it
> may be a rough ride from here on out....
 
        UMass and UMass-Lowell are two teams without difinate Rivals, and
I think that they just found each other in A match made in heaven.
There's bad blood and everything present, and now a trophy to boot.
Although not ready for this season, starting next year the winner of the
season series between the two schools will be awarded a trophy, I believe
it will be called something along the lines of "the Alumni Cup" (I forget
exectly). The Beanpot it 'aint, but for two schools looking for rivals it
just might do. I know that many of the 4,118 who witnessed Saturday's
game have strong feelings about the River Hawks already.
        It'll be good for both teams to have somebody to get up for.
Everybody gets up when a BU or Maine comes to town, but there's no REAL
reason for either UMasses to despise them except for their winning
history. Besides they already have each other plus maine and UNH usually
go at it pretty good, and BU has it's rivalries with Beanpot schools BC
and NU. BU and maine are guarunted big draws, but I think that thanks to
this weekend, Lowell tickets will go fairly well next season, and
likewise at Tully next winter.
 
Leigh
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