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WOMEN-IN-HOCKEY Digest 192
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Any deaf in women's hockey?
by email@hidden (Rhonda Paprocki)
2) ECAC Final
by "Nathan A. Ewell"
3) Women's teams in Atlanta?
by email@hidden (Diane E. Bender)
4) Forwarded article: ECAC Women: 1996 Championship results
by "Andria L. Hunter"
5) Forwarded article: ECAC Women: NU to stay varsity! (fwd)
by "Andria L. Hunter"
6) Forwarded article: ECAC Women's Final: History made
by "Andria L. Hunter"
7) RE: Forwarded article: ECAC Women's Final: History made
by "HARRIS, zharris"
8) RE: Brown vs. PC semifinal
by email@hidden (Don Wright)
9) Anyone from Alaska?
by email@hidden
10) Europa Cup
by email@hidden (Jess Becker)
11) ECAC women's hockey release #15
by "Andria L. Hunter"
12) Re: Quintuple Overtime?!?!
by email@hidden (Mike Machnik)
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:06:54 -0500 (EST)
From: email@hidden (Rhonda Paprocki)
To: email@hidden (wih)
Subject: Any deaf in women's hockey?
Message-ID:
Hi,
I got this message and thought I would pass it along as I only know
a few of the players personally. If you are deaf or know of any deaf
players, feel free to contact Barry.
Rhonda Paprocki
Team Michigan Tornados
Fraser, MI
email@hidden
Forwarded message:
> From email@hidden Fri Mar 8 18:48:39 1996
>
> Hello friend:
>
> I just surfed on your Web site and find it interesting. I
> write sports for the Silent News, a national newspaper for the
> deaf.
> I am always looking for deaf athletes in your sport - are
> there any? If so, could you share the information with me?
> Thank you very much.
>
> Barry Strassler
> Sports Editor
> Silent News
> email@hidden
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:02:00 -0500 (EST)
From: "Nathan A. Ewell"
To: women-in- hockey
Subject: ECAC Final
Message-ID:
UNH 3, Providence 2, in 5 OT!
The longest game in men's or women's college hockey history (145:35).
Brandy Fisher scored the game-winner to give UNH the championship. The
attendance is listed at 800 (not bad.)
Nate Ewell
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 10:49:04 EST
From: email@hidden (Diane E. Bender)
To: email@hidden
Subject: Women's teams in Atlanta?
Message-ID:
Does anyone know of any women's teams in Atlanta, Georgia? One of our
women just moved there and is trying to find information, but is not
having success. Please let me know of any leads!
Thanks,
--
Diane E. Bender
NC Trailblazers Women's Ice Hockey
email@hidden
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:24:29 -0500
From: "Andria L. Hunter"
To: email@hidden
Subject: Forwarded article: ECAC Women: 1996 Championship results
Message-ID:
UNH defeated Providence in 5 periods of overtime!! This is the
longest game ever in men or women's collegiate ice hockey history.
Those were 20 minute periods!!! That's like playing 2.5 games!!
Andria
* Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:39:26 -0500
* From: Richard Hungerford
Sat 03/09
ECAC League Semifinals @UNH:
#1 Brown 2 - #4 Providence 4 12:00 pm
#2 UNH 2 - #3 Dartmouth 1 OT 3:00 pm
Sun 03/10
ECAC League Final @UNH: (Tape delayed-Ch.50 (WNDS) at 8:00 pm)
#2 UNH 3 - #4 Providence 2 5OT 2:00 pm
The first semifinal match at Durham, NH found Providence College beating
the number one seed Brown 2-4. PC had a fairly easy match and did just
enough to win. Brown, for unknown reasons, did not show up for this game.
The second semifinal was the best game of the weekend and found host
UNH edging Dartmouth 2-1 in overtime. The game revolved around the
incredible goaltending of DC's Sarah Tueting. Her play made that game a
memorable event. The final was a rather slow affair that only got going in
the third period. Eventually UNH won the match in the fifth overtime
(thanks MM). I will write more comments about each game as this week
progresses.
I wanted to say what a lovely building UNH has in the new Towse Rink. It
has excellent sight lines. The large Olympic (100' x 200') ice surface was
great for some of the fastest women. The food and restrooms were also
very impressive. The only problematic area is light. They almost have the
sunlight spelling onto the ice obstacle solved. The array of lights, on the
sides of the somewhat low ceiling, make a rather bad glare for the fan.
Overall though it is a superb place to watch a hockey game.
_____________
/
good shooting
hungerf
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:28:56 -0500
From: "Andria L. Hunter"
To: email@hidden
Subject: Forwarded article: ECAC Women: NU to stay varsity! (fwd)
Message-ID:
* Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:55:36 -0500
* From: Richard Hungerford
I talked with Northeastern's head coach Heather Linstad at the ECAC
Women's final on Sunday, and the excellent news is that the Northeastern
Women's program will remain a varsity sport!
Evidently there was a lot of hard work done by many people at
Northeastern to keep the fine tradition the Huskies have established.
I wanted to thank everyone who sent in letters to the NU Athletic
Department. It did help. Merci beau coup!
_____________
/
good shooting
hungerf
_____________/
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:30:04 -0500
From: "Andria L. Hunter"
To: email@hidden
Subject: Forwarded article: ECAC Women's Final: History made
Message-ID:
I am forwarding this article, which was posted to the info-hockey-l
college hockey mailing list, with permission from Mike Machnik
(email@hidden). Congrats to the UNH Wildcats! :-) Sounds
like it was quite the game!
Andria
* Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:12:13 -0100
* From: Mike Machnik
* Subject: ECAC Women's Final: History made
I feel kind of honored to be the first one to post this. Heather & I just
returned from UNH.
ECAC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Providence Friars (17-13-0) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2
New Hampshire Wildcats (24-5-2) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3
In the longest game ever played in collegiate ice hockey history, UNH
defeated Providence, 3-2, to win the 13th ECAC Women's Championship. The
game was played at UNH's Towse Rink/Whittemore Center in Durham, NH.
UNH sophomore forward Brandy Fisher (Potsdam, NY; 24-20--44 entering this
weekend) scored off a rebound at 5:35 of the fifth 20-minute overtime to
give the Wildcats the victory. The game lasted 145:35 and is a new record
for both men's and women's college hockey.
The longest game in men's history was more than forty minutes shorter than
today's PC-UNH battle. In 1968, North Dakota defeated Minnesota, 5-4,
scoring in the fifth 10-minute overtime to take the Minnesota Holiday
Classic Championship. That game lasted 102:09 and spanned two days from
December 21 to 22, 1968. It took place at the Met Center in Bloomington,
MN.
Also picking up assists on UNH's GWG were senior right wing Doris Catlin
(Greenwich, CT) and junior defenseman Heather Reinke (Madison, WI).
The game began at 2:00 pm ET and did not end until Fisher's goal at 7:30 pm
ET. Fisher was named the tournament MVP. In a breaking of tradition, both
goalies, senior Dina Solimini (South Weymouth, MA) of UNH and sophomore
Meghan Smith (Bangor, ME) of PC, were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Smith recorded close to 60 saves.
Ironically, PC and UNH had also gone to overtime in last year's ECAC
Women's final, won by PC. That game ended in the first overtime period.
With tonight's win, UNH breaks a four-year stronghold that the Friars have
had on the title and wins its first championship since 1991.
This was also the first ECAC Women's Championship ever televised, as
WNDS-50 out of Derry, NH, taped the game and began a delayed broadcast of
it at 8:00 pm this evening.
Needless to say, this was quite an experience. Both teams have a lot to be
proud of. It was not something I will soon forget.
--- ---
Mike Machnik email@hidden *HMM* 11/13/93
>> Co-owner of the College Hockey Lists at University of Maine System <<
***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at: *****
***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html *****
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 11:54:00 -0800
From: "HARRIS, zharris"
To: email@hidden, email@hidden (subscribers to)
Subject: RE: Forwarded article: ECAC Women's Final: History made
Message-ID:
Does anyone have a video tape of the ECAC Women's Championship Game???
I was unable to attend the game however, I would love to see it and show it
to our girl's midgit team! I am willing to pay for coping and shipping
charges, etc.....just let me know.
Thanks-
Zoe Harris - NW ORCAS
email@hidden
206-285-5084
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:20:09 -0500
From: email@hidden (Don Wright)
To:
Subject: RE: Brown vs. PC semifinal
Message-ID:
I have to disagree with Mr. Hungerford's assessment that the Brown
Women's hockey team "didn't show up" for their semifinal game against PC
this past Saturday. I think it is probably more accurate to say that the
Bears had the misfortune of running into the hottest team in the ECAC, in
four time defending champion Providence College Friars.
The Bears actually knocked off the Friars twice during the regular
season, once in a thrilling 4 -3 contest won in the last minute on a Katie
King slapshot. In fact, the Friar's last loss prior to yesterday's
marathon showdown with UNH, was to Brown in the Providence Mayor's cup
game.
Over the past weeks, Mr. Hungerford has accused the Bear's of
playing "ineffectual" hockey and of carrying "emotional baggage". To
question the character of the Brown team is not justified, as anyone who
witnessed their recent contest with UNH will tell you. In one of the most
memorable games of the year, with the ECAC regular season on the line, the
Bears battled back from a two goal deficit in the third period to overtake
UNH, 5 to 4. That's not the mark of a team that "doesn't show up" for
games. That's not the mark of a team that goes undefeated during the ECAC
season.
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:11:03 -0600
From: email@hidden
To: email@hidden
Subject: Anyone from Alaska?
Message-ID:
Is anyone out there from Alaska? I got a telephone message while at
lunch today from some Karen wanting to "get on the hockey list". I
have no idea what it's about...so if anyone out there is from Alaska
and perhaps knows a Karen who is involved in girls/women's
hockey...let me know. I have a telephone number, but am not calling
her back on my $$. (I know, I'm cheap!)
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:31:48 -0500
From: email@hidden (Jess Becker)
To: email@hidden
Subject: Europa Cup
Message-ID:
The Women's Europa Cup summer league is held at Babson College in Wellesley
Mass. There are usually 2 divisions: the regular division and the Elite
division. Traditionally, younger, beginning and intermediate players play
in the lower division, while college players and the best of the high
school players play in the Elite division. I've been playing summer hockey
at Babson for almost as long as I can remember and Europa Cup is a great
league. I would recommend it to anyone in the Boston area. The Elite
division is very challenging and a lot of fun. Europa Cup is administered
by Babson athletic director, Steve Stirling.
Call the Babson Recreation Center in Wellesley, Mass. for more details
(sorry, I don't have the number here at school but it's in the 617 area
code).
Later,
Jess Becker #6,
Cornell Women's Ice Hockey Team
1996 Ivy League Champions
email@hidden
It doesn't matter if your team has good players, it matters if your players
have a good team.
- Morag McPherson, Cornell #21
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 18:31:45 -0500
From: "Andria L. Hunter"
To: email@hidden
Subject: ECAC women's hockey release #15
Message-ID:
This information is taken from the 15th ECAC women's hockey release
(March 11, 1996). All complete ECAC women's hockey releases are
available from the women's university hockey web page:
http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~andria/University_Hockey.html
Address:
(WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY)
Eastern College Athletic Conference
POST OFFICE BOX 3,
CENTERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
02632 USA
Phone:
ECAC OFFICE DAWN WRIGHT (email@hidden)
(508) 771-5060 (401) 863-1094
(508) 771-9481 (F) (401) 863-1436 (F)
March 11, 1996 Release #15
RESULTS
ECAC SEMI-FINALS*
March 9
(#4) Providence 4, (#1) Brown 2
(#2) UNH 2, (#3) Dartmouth 1 (OT)
ECAC CHAMPIONSHIP*
March 10
New Hampshire 3, Providence 2 (5OT)
*at New Hampshire - Towse Rink
ECAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Tricia Dunn, F New Hampshire
Sheila Killion, F Providence
Sarah Howald, F Dartmouth
Becky Kellar, D Brown
Heather Reinke, D New Hampshire
Meghan Smith, G Providence
Dina Solimini, G New Hampshire
TOURNAMENT MVP
Brandy Fisher, F New Hampshire
UNH CLAIMS FIFTH ECAC TITLE WITH 3-2 WIN OVER PC;
RECORD-BREAKING GAME LASTS NEARLY FIVE OVERTIMES
It was a game for the record books, literally, as it took 145:35 to decide
the 1996 ECAC Women's Ice Hockey Champion. Never before had a men's or
women's ice hockey game gone beyond 102:19, something that happened in 1968
between North Dakota and Minnesota. When all was said and done, however,
it was the New Hampshire Wildcats that prevailed with a 3-2 victory.
Sophomore Brandy Fisher made the memory of a lifetime, when she collected a
rebound off a Dottie Catlin shot and flipped it high over goalie Meghan
Smith's shoulder to give UNH its fifth ECAC title at 5:35 of the fifth OT
segment. Heather Reinke also assisted on the play. The Wildcat victory
stopped Providence College's bid for its fifth consecutive title and
seventh overall. PC also had a 10-game winning streak on the line. In the
13-year history of the championship, UNH and PC have met six times, with PC
winning four of those battles. UNH advanced to the title game by
prevailing 2-1 over Dartmouth on a goal by Kim Knox at 7:65 of the first
overtime. Providence stopped top-seeded Brown with a 4-2 victory. The
game was tied until Karen McCabe tallied the game-winner at 15:15 of the
third period. Laurie Baker added an empty-net goal to complete the scoring.
THE BAUER/ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Brandy Fisher, UNH (Potsdam, NY) - Sophomore forward Brandy Fisher ended
the longest game in NCAA men's and women's ice hockey history by snapping a
rebound high over the goalie's shoulder at 5:35 of the fifth overtime. Her
effort gave UNH its fifth ECAC Championship title and earned her tournament
MVP honors.
THE COOPER/ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Laurie Baker, Providence (Concord, MA) - Baker led the Lady Friars past
Brown in the semifinals, tallying two goals and one assist. Her assist
came on the game-winning goal at 15:15 of the third period. This is
Baker's second ECAC Rookie of the Week honor.
ECAC Women's Hockey Release #15, March 11, 1996
ECAC HONOR ROLL
Becky Kellar, Brown (Hagersville, ONT) - A junior defensman, Kellar was
named to the ECAC All-Tournament team for her one goal-one assist effort in
the loss to Providence.
Karen McCabe, Providence (Quincy, MA) - A senior defenseman, McCabe
scored the game-winning goal at 15:15 of the third period versus Brown,
thus catapulting Providence into the title game. She also had an assist on
the first goal in this game.
Dina Solimini, UNH (S. Weymouth, MA) - A total of 55 saves and two
victories go to this senior netminder's credit in the final weekend of
play. Twenty-three of her saves came in the six overtime stanzas she
played. She was named to the all-tournament team.
Sarah Tueting, Dartmouth (Winnetka, IL) - This sophomore netminder did
all she could to keep her team in the game against UNH, making 41 saves
through 67:55 of play until the game-winner by Kim Knox snuck by.
Alison Wheeler, Providence (Waterbury, VT) - A junior forward, Wheeler
had an assist in the win over Brown, and then she added a goal and an
assist against UNH.
Carisa Zaban, UNH (Glenview, IL) - The rookie center sent the game with
Dartmouth into overtime with her tying goal at 00:21. She then added two
assists on the first two goals in the championship game.
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 01:35:48 -0100
From: email@hidden (Mike Machnik)
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Quintuple Overtime?!?!
Message-ID:
[This is a message I sent to HOCKEY-L, a list mostly concerned with men's
NCAA hockey. I hope it will be of interest to people here, especially
since it concerns discussion by people including myself who come from years
of following the men's game. Obviously, the UNH-PC game is getting
discussion outside the women's forum, and that is indicative of the
positive effect that this game is having.]
At 10:17 PM 3/11/96, Chris Craig wrote:
>Andrew Brecher writes:
>>This is to anyone who was at the women's final...I'm really curious now, was
>>the hockey playing still solid through all the overtimes or were they all
>>dead on their skates?
>
>I wasn't there, but I did watch the last couple of overtime periods on
>tape-delay. There were a lot of tie-ups on the boards, and the
>goaltenders were very quick to freeze the puck at almost every opportunity.
>I'd say they were certainly a little slower than usual, but when the heat was
>on, they picked it up a notch.
The 3rd through 5th overtimes were rather slow. That's to be expected,
however. By that time, teams are more worried about giving up the GWG than
scoring it. Play good defense and stop play whenever you can, and wait for
a chance. That chance seemed to have come a few times, but only Fisher
could capitalize on it.
Richard Hungerford noted that the first two periods were slow and that the
pace didn't pick up until the third. I agree; I thought this was because
PC deliberately tried to slow it down (quite a feat on the big ice
surface), knowing that UNH was deeper and more talented. After all, UNH
had blown out PC in one other game on that surface, 11-3 (1/13/96). This
game could have been over early if not for Meghan Smith and the PC defense.
Also, PC skated only two lines and two sets of defense all game. The
Friars only have four defensemen listed on their roster and ten forwards
(six played). UNH has six Ds and 16 Fs (not sure how many played, probably
not all).
Both teams had stretches of dominating play in the third. There was a lot
of up and down action, and this carried over into most of the first two
overtimes.
>In particular, Brandy Fisher scored the
>winning goal by doing what every hockey coach preaches -- skating hard to the
>net. When she crossed the blue line, she was two strides behind the PC
>defender who was covering her. But she continued to
>drive hard to the net and got around the PC player to get into position to
>get the rebound. If anyone gets the chance to watch the replay, watch how
>she never stopped moving her legs, even as she took the shot. I've seen a
>lot of UNH men put in a lot less effort than that...
Exactly my thought - although it was not UNH I was thinking of. :-) On a
play like this, PC's lack of depth really hurt. The player she beat was
Catherine Hanson, a D who I really liked and who played pretty well. She
just could not get close enough in time to contain Fisher for the rebound,
and Fisher roofed it on a shot that Smith had little chance of stopping
after having made the first save. Tough to blame Hanson since she had
probably seen about 90 minutes of ice time or more on the night! Ray
Bourque, my foot. :-)
After this game, I could definitely appreciate Richard's women's
commentaries more. :-) I could visualize the players he talked about and
found myself nodding in agreement. Clearly he does a fine job and deserves
a pat on the back for a job well done in promoting the women's game on
here!
I can't help but add a few more thoughts:
* First, major kudos to WNDS-50 (Derry, NH) for running the game in its
entirety on delayed broadcast - including all five overtimes. They just
cut out the intermissions starting with the end of regulation. It took 4
1/2 hours to show a 5 1/2 hour game and the broadcast lasted from 8 pm to
12:30 am, running over the time slot by an hour and a half. And they
pre-empted paid infomercial programming, too - not Baywatch or whatever.
(nothing against DaveH and other Baywatch fans)
* If you could get by the less than stellar WNDS cameras (nowhere near the
quality of WABU or NESN) and the color work of Bob Gamere, then it was
great that WNDS broadcast this game. Gamere had the best line of the
night, though, during the third overtime (I think): "These women are
getting more tv time than Steve Forbes!"
* I am told that ESPN showed the highlight of the GWG. This may be the
first time that women's college hockey in the US has ever made it onto
ESPN.
* The game started at 2 pm and ended at 7:30. If there had been a third
game in the NU-Lowell men's Hockey East series (7:00 start in Lowell, over
an hour away), I had planned to go to it...but I would have had to miss it,
because I sure wasn't going to leave this game.
* Dave Reusch wrote:
>Our very own Mike and Heather Machnik also became the proud owners
>of one of the gift certificates raffled today. Way to go Mike!
Yes, this was a surprise. I guess anyone listening to the PA had to know
we were there. Credit Heather, she fills out anything and everything that
gives you a free chance to win something. Lost the 50-50, though - what
else is new.
* Believe it or not, several penalties were called in OT - about 4 on PC
and 2-3 on UNH. All were killed, including a major for slashing after the
whistle to PC's Hanson late in the fourth OT that carried over to the fifth
OT. (Slap Shot fans will undoubtedly draw a name connection, but it isn't
fair. :-)) Most of the calls were good penalties as either team foiled a
good scoring attempt by the other. But one or two left me shaking my head,
as the referees had established that they were not going to call anything
(no calls in the third and in the 1st & 2nd OTs) and then made incidental
calls away from the play. Fortunately they did not decide the game.
* Both teams had players of the star variety. Laurie Baker and Alison
Wheeler of PC were marvelous and so were Carisa Zaban and Annie Camins of
UNH. Camins has the ability to turn it up a notch when she gets the puck
and make it tough for the defenders to stay with her. And Zaban is a
crafty forward who leads UNH in scoring. She and Baker are only freshman
and lead their teams in scoring - wow.
* Both teams also had excellent defensemen. I mentioned PC's Hanson, but
her partner, Alana Blahoski, also caught my eye with her two-way play.
UNH's Heather Reinke, who assisted on the winner after starting the play,
often stepped up into the offense. Although the women's game purports to
not allow checking, the physical play is still very important...as Blahoski
showed by boxing out in front of the net on the penalty kill and not
allowing UNH forwards near rebounds.
* Both goalies were spectacular and earned their spots as co-goalies on the
All Tourney Team. PC's Meghan Smith stopped 57 of 60 shots and did not
allow a goal for about 100 minutes through the third period and overtimes.
Many of those saves were huge, including one when a UNH forward broke
through the defense and nearly ended it with two seconds left in the third
or fourth OT. And UNH's Dina Solimini faced numerous stretches where PC
carried the play and threatened to win it, ending with 40-plus saves
herself. She was quick to cover the puck when she had to and didn't leave
many rebounds.
* Thirty seconds before the game winning goal, I finally said out loud what
I had been thinking for a while: "It doesn't look like this game is going
to end for a long time." I should have known better.
* Finally, a thought from someone who has spent a lot of time watching the
men's game and very little watching the women's game. Back in 1987 or so,
former NU men's scoring leader Rod Isbister was an assistant coach for the
NU women's team. He told me that it is so much easier coaching women then
men because "they do what you ask them to, and they don't have ego problems
like the guys do." That was very evident in this game and it made the game
enjoyable to watch. There were no confrontations after the whistle, the
positional play was superb, and the role players were as important as the
stars. And everyone gave everything they had until the end. I can think
of a few men's players who could stand to watch this game and learn
something.
UNH won the game, but there were no losers. Women's hockey was the big
winner. There were a lot of great playoff games in men's DivI-II-III
hockey this weekend, but the women unquestionably stole the show. Dick
Lutsk closed the WNDS broadcast by saying, "Years from now, 50,000 people
will say they were here," and he may be right. But the thousand or so fans
and the two teams were involved in something they will never forget. I
consider myself lucky and privileged to have been there, and I cannot say
that about more than a handful of men's games I have seen.
--- ---
Mike Machnik email@hidden *HMM* 11/13/93
>> Co-owner of the College Hockey Lists at University of Maine System <<
***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at: *****
***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html *****
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