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From: dnj@linus.UUCP (Dave Juitt)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Northeastern vs. Minnesota
Message-ID: <98@linus.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 09:38:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 24 09:38:27 1985
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In article <156@decwrl.DEC.COM> ryan@fremen.DEC (DTN 264-8280 MK01-2/E25) writes:
>I saw my first Hockey East game of the year Saturday in Boston.
>What I saw made the NHL game look like a baseball game.
>
>At the beginning it was rough but reasonable - lots of solid,
>clean hits; but it soon got out of hand. The Northeastern players weren't
>exactly perfect innocents, but I have to lay most of the blame on Minnesota,
>
>Also there was some brawling at the end of the game (which Northeastern won
>in OT). After the winning goal the Minnesota coaches and players went after
>the officials, putting themselves between the Northeastern players and their
>locker room. Northeastern, on the way out, felt obliged to rub it in and
>naturally Minnesota (clearly embarrassed at having lost two in a row to the
>second place team in an "inferior" league) took out their frustrations. 
>
>Anyway, back to hockey. I went there to see with my own eyes if there was
>any evidence to one league being "superior" - there wasn't. The teams seemed
>very evenly matched, with Minnesota having the edge offensively and
>Northeastern being stronger defensively. After regulation the teams were
>tied not just in goals (4-4) but in shots (29-29). The bulk of the penalties
>
>Mike Ryan

I was at the game also, I felt it was one of the best games I'd seen
all year.  I'll admit I'm a bit  biased, being a Northeastern grad, but
it is really nice to take two in a row from Minnesota. 

Does anyone have any stats on home vs away records in the East/West series?
I think that would shed new light on this inferior league bull***.

The brawling at the end was TOTALLY uncalled for.  NU is a pretty physical
team at times (does anyone remember how their coach, Ferny Flaman, used to
play while he was in the pros?). Well there they were, minding their own
business, when the Minnesota players fell they had to discuss the outcome
of the game.  I think the blame really rests on the Minnestoa coach, for
not getting his players of the ice.  He was way out of line.

Now I'm just waiting for North Dakota to come in on 3 January, followed
by Northern Michigan.


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