In a message dated 97-04-19 13:49:31 EDT, [log in to unmask] (John W Duffill) writes: << How nice would a Philly-New Jersey Eastern Final be with a possible Snow-Dunham matchup!!! We just have to figure a way to get rid of Brodeur. >> For those that didn't see it, there was a regular season match up between these two. It was the last game of the regular season for Philly. Dunham started in net for New Jersey; Snow replaced Hextal shortly into the 2nd period after Hextal had let four goals go through. Philly was down 4-1 when Snow came into the game. IMHO it was Snow's play in this game that made the decision for who would start in net during the playoff's. He came up big numerous times; but none bigger than in the final couple of minutes when he made an awesome save against a Devils player coming up from mid-ice on a one-on-one. No Philly players got back in time. The rebound from the save directed into the path of a phillies player who then skated behind Garth and up the length of the ice; where Philly preceeded to score. This was the go ahead and game winning goal. The entire Philly bench went nuts and they were all pointing at Garth to let him know he created the opportunity. It was beautiful and within seconds when the game ended the players were mobbing Garth. The announcers for ESPN2 were talking about the two goalies history together. They talked about the NCAA championship year and even mentioned this years team and the fact that even though they couldn't participate in post season what a great team Maine had this year. What little was discussed, was positive coverage. (Wonder if any of the BDN sports "reporters" heard it :-) Shawna