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From: pro@trwrba.UUCP (Peter R. Olpe)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: NCAA pairings
Message-ID: <1945@trwrba.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 17:07:24 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 20 17:07:24 1986
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Reply-To: pro@trwrba.UUCP (Peter R. Olpe)
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>	Well, I think Harvard deserved it on the basis of their regular
>	season record - did one skin-of-the-teeth loss to Clarkson (with
>	Scott Fusco playing well below par with a separated shoulder)
>	nullify a mere three losses in league play? ....
 
I saw the game where Harvard lost to Clarkson in the ECAC Semi-finals, and
Clarkson certainly did not win by the skin-of-their-teeth.  I was unimpressed
with Harvard, actually having expected a lot more, and I think Clarkson
out-played them.  Also remember that this was the second time that Clarkson
beat Harvard in as many weeks....
 
>	... AND Cornell was out-played in both their semi-final
>	and final OT wins, winning only on the basis of Doug Dadswell's
>	outstanding goaltending (shades of Terreri and Providence...).
 
I'm not sure I would say Cornell was out-played in either game.  I feel
that both games (against Yale and Clarkson) were very even and could
have gone either way.
As far as Dadswell is concerned, well, one or two outstanding players
CAN make a team, especially in the playoffs when only a few games
really matter.  Is Harvard's Fusco going to be 100% for the NCAA's?
Harvard's goalie Grant Blair wasn't all that hot, either.  If Harvard
is going to win it for the ECAC's, Blair and Fusco are both going to
have to be at their best.
 
>	If the playoffs are all that count, do you think Clarkson should
>	have made the NCAA's instead of Harvard?
 
IF the playoffs are all that count, absolutely.  But they are not, which
is why Harvard is going instead of Clarkson.
 
>	
>Mike Ryan
>ARPA:	ryan%fremen.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
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