[forwarded on behalf of Tim .. wts] From: [log in to unmask] I have a few things on my mind that I have to let out: HE Tournament: -I was pretty impressed with Providence beating BU. It seemed that it was only a matter of time till BU woke up and started a comeback, but PC didn't let it happen. -As a result of doing play-by-play for Lowell, I'd have to agree with Mike M. that the "Gahden" is awesome. The press area was huge, and the over-al facilities there were pretty good. WOW. The media boxes were up a bit high but you could still see everything. -I know it's been awhile, but it bothers me to see people write how Maine beat Lowell and Maine was the better team that night. The probably were, but I think Lowell beat themselves. I think they ran out of gas in the third period due the larger rink at the Garden compared to their home rink at the Tully Forum. Second, I think watching or knowing that BU lost to PC gott the Riverhawks a little too excited and were probably looking ahead a little bit. Imagine, if they beat Maine, they would play PC in the finals (they were 3-0 against them down the stretch I think) and probably get a bye in the 1st round of the NCAA's IN ALBANY!!!! Oh, what could have been... -I've also seen some comments about BU's convincing win over UML in the consolation game. Remember, against Maine, 2 defensemen were injured and kept laying: Sr. David Mayes went crashing into the boards and broke his back, and So. Chris Libett also went crashing into the boards, hurting his back and breaking a knuckle on his hand. Neither of them played against BU. Crowder was forced to play 3 FRESHMAN on defense, 2 of them have seem limited playing time all year. Now, if anyone knows of a team that can play three relatively inexperienced freshman, in the league tournament, and beat the #1 team in the country, let me know, I'd like to see that... NCAA Tournamnet: -I can't add anything more than what's already been said my Dave H. and Mike M. about Lowell getting shipped out to Michigan, again, playing Michigan St, again, at Michigan St AGAIN. It's just ridiculous. Head Coach Bruce Crowder was pretty upset. Here's a quote from Monday's Boston Globe: "I'm just disappointed for the people who work so hard to build up this program, for the students and for everyone who could just hop on a bus and be in Albany in three hours. It just doesn't make sense." "All I know is I don't think people on the committee are going to bat for us. There are three HE teams in teh tournament and two of them are being shipped out." "We're the home team in their building. We get to wear the whities and they get the 6,000 fans." As you can tell, he's pretty mad at HE commish De Gregorio. I have always noticed that Lowell generally doesn't recieve any respect, in HE or nationally. Just look at the HE Preseason poll, Lowell was picked 6th out of 9 teams. T They finished 2nd and were in the top ten nationally for the last half of the season. I'm sure Crowder will tell all this to his team to give them some incentive playing Michigan St, and then Colorado College...and then whoever they play in the Final Four...and then...Oh well. We'll see what happens. See ya out in Michigan, Tim HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.