>>>>> " " == COLLEEN CARDIFF <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > Hi all!! > > Once again my team has proven themselves that they can win the CCHA > > championship. >Correction: Michigan won the CCHA championship. LSSU won the >postseason tournament. That makes LSSU the CCHA Tournament champions, >not the CCHA champions. It also is much less impressive to me. >Winning the regular season means you have to play excellent hockey >throughout the season. Winning the postseason tournament means you >have to get good/lucky for a very short period of time. I agree, to an extent. I would love to see Lake Superior have a season where they dominate the CCHA all year and remain highly ranked in the national polls, much as Michigan did this year. I think that is an indication of good, consistent hockey team. And, yes, to win one CCHA tournament after a mediocre season may only be luck. However, in recent years, Lake Superior has demonstrated, toward the end of the season, the ability to win the really big games. I don't know how to quantify this in an athletic team but I think most people will agree, some teams just don't have it. And for that reason, even though I'd love to see an LSSU dominant season, I have to feel their success is due to more than luck. . . . >> I know that they can do it. I have faith in >> them if no one else does. I appreciate a team like them that worked >> through their difficulties and came back to win. Thanks for >> listening to me vent. >I have no idea why you needed to vent. Perhaps the voices you heard >ragging on LSSU were the voices of their own fans earlier in the >season when things weren't looking too good? I doubt it. Most of the Laker fans I know try to remain objective in good times and bad. >> Colleen [log in to unmask] >- -Alan Harder > [log in to unmask] > Go Blue! Matt Wickey Lake Superior State University Carnegie Group, Inc. NCAA Div. I Champs 1988 1992 1994 [log in to unmask] Go LAKERS!