On Fri, 17 Mar 1995, Anthony J. Frolik wrote: > On Thu, 16 Mar 1995, Comstrike wrote: > > > though I have not heard much about the other conferences I would be > > interested in knowing about teams in the other leagues that have made > > simular late season spurts. > > > > Nathan W.L. Boyle > > Well, I don't know LSSU's numbers, but UMD went 12-4-2 in their last 18 > games, and then promptly lost in the first round of the playoffs. But, > my point really is that even if they would have got 3rd place in the WCHA > playoffs, they wouldn't have gotten invited, even though their record in > the last twenty would have been either 13-5-2 or 12-6-2. (That's > considering either a 2 or 3 game series vs. Minnesota, winning the 4/5 > game, losing to CC, winning the third place game, which would be 4-1 or > 4-2, depending on the Minnesota series.) > > Tony Lake State is 13-1-1 with the loss at BGU and a tie vs Western down the stretch and finally reached the 20 win plateau with the play-in win over Miami Wednesday. The feeling here is that is it won't matter much unless the Lakers can beat Michigan tomorrow. Hard to say how much influence--if any--tradition plays. Mark Jastorff LSSU Lakers NCAA Div. I Champions 1988 1992 1994 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Anthony J. Frolik University of Minnesota Duluth > Go Bulldogs! 13-15-4 WCHA, 16-16-4 Overall > My views are not representative of the University. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >