On Mon, 20 Mar 1995, John Zack wrote: > Bob Croce in the Monday edition of the Albany Times Union > noted that the RPI Engineers had the following factors going for > them in Friday's game with Minnesota: > > 1. The Golden Gophers won their first six games of the season > but were just better than a .500 team the rest of the season. > RPI, meanwhile, has been on a 3-0-1 playoff tear and is getting > great goaltending from junior Michael Tamburro. The Gophers are 5-1 in their last 6. > > 2. Madison is a long way from Troy, yet the Engineers might > have more fans on their side. The majority of the crowd will > be Wisconsin fans, and Badgers hate Gophers. The fact that, > like the Bagers, the Engineers wear red should also endear them > to the home crowd. The Gophers are something like 4-1-1 in their last 6 at the Dane. > > 3. The Dane ice surface is large, just under Olympic-sized, which > is to the liking of the Engineers, especially speedy center > Kelly Askew. > Mariucci is olympic size. The Gophers are a relatively small team that relys on speed and finesse. Sounds like it will be a good game. Gary Hatfield "RAH! RAH! RAH! for SKI U MAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! for the U of M!"