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Hockey East Championship Moved To Merrimack

TonyTheTiger20

TonyTheTiger20

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Merrimack College will host this season's Hockey East Women's Championship, relocating the tournament from the Cape.</p>— Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeMcMahonCHN/status/636634762917072896">August 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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My boycott worked!
 
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Great news and smart for the tournament to rotate to a new venue.
 
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About time. Unfortunately they still use 60 watt bulbs in the place so you can't really see what is going on out on the ice.
 
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We aren't talking enough about how it was my boycott that got them to move the tournament and in no way was the decision made based on any other factors.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
We aren't talking enough about how it was my boycott that got them to move the tournament and in no way was the decision made based on any other factors.
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And here I thought you didn't attend because BC so seldom won the thing. Silly me. :o
 
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Honestly, does anyone care if they play this thing at Merrimack, at the Cape or on the moon???? Big deal the tourney winner gets an autobid to the NCAAs. Good for them. They can yet again get drubbed by a WCHA team. They should just cancel the "championship" weekend and forfeit the league's NCAA bid and let the real teams play it out. Just hand over the title to Wisconsin or Minnesota or whichever ECAC team is less than 100 miles from the Canadian border until further notice. If anyone can make a case for a HE team finishing above fourth in the WCHA and doing anything more than squat outside their below average league, I'd like to hear it. And don't give me BC, they are disqualified since they consistently wilt under the bright lights. The only argument you could possibly make is BU but they are so inconsistent it's hard to take them seriously. What happened to the days where we thought the BU women would dominate the national tourney like the sons of Jack Parker used to do? Hasn't happened. Probably wont. And if anyone says UNH is on the come, you are also going to be dismissed as someone he is making no sense at all.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
Nah man, the team was boycotting it too. None of us ever showed up.
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Totally opposite of our champion Gophers, who will always rise to the challenge, play any team, any place, even in the dark if the 60 watt bulbs burn out. :p ;)
 
D2D said:
Totally opposite of our champion Gophers, who will always rise to the challenge, play any team, any place, even in the dark if the 60 watt bulbs burn out. :p ;)
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You mean to tell me the Gophers would sell their soul just for a championship?? You gotta stand up for what you believe in!

I for one am proud that BC has strong family values and won't compromise those beliefs simply to win a trophy. #HyannisNever

:D:D:D
 
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Hux said:
About time. Unfortunately they still use 60 watt bulbs in the place so you can't really see what is going on out on the ice.
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Ha! I remember our daughter playing a championship game at a tournament held is a building like that. It was late spring so in addition to very dim lighting there was a thick fog that descended down and fogged the glass. The whole game took on an other-worldly feel, as if gray figures were flashing among the clouds. Even the sounds seemed muffled (the soft ice probably helped). The only thing the game needed was a narration by John Facenda.
 
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UNH
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There - I said it.

wpiguy said:
Honestly, does anyone care if they play this thing at Merrimack, at the Cape or on the moon???? Big deal the tourney winner gets an autobid to the NCAAs. Good for them. They can yet again get drubbed by a WCHA team. They should just cancel the "championship" weekend and forfeit the league's NCAA bid and let the real teams play it out. Just hand over the title to Wisconsin or Minnesota or whichever ECAC team is less than 100 miles from the Canadian border until further notice. If anyone can make a case for a HE team finishing above fourth in the WCHA and doing anything more than squat outside their below average league, I'd like to hear it. And don't give me BC, they are disqualified since they consistently wilt under the bright lights. The only argument you could possibly make is BU but they are so inconsistent it's hard to take them seriously. What happened to the days where we thought the BU women would dominate the national tourney like the sons of Jack Parker used to do? Hasn't happened. Probably wont. And if anyone says UNH is on the come, you are also going to be dismissed as someone he is making no sense at all.
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wpiguy said:
Honestly, does anyone care if they play this thing at Merrimack, at the Cape or on the moon???? Big deal the tourney winner gets an autobid to the NCAAs. Good for them. They can yet again get drubbed by a WCHA team. They should just cancel the "championship" weekend and forfeit the league's NCAA bid and let the real teams play it out. Just hand over the title to Wisconsin or Minnesota or whichever ECAC team is less than 100 miles from the Canadian border until further notice. If anyone can make a case for a HE team finishing above fourth in the WCHA and doing anything more than squat outside their below average league, I'd like to hear it. And don't give me BC, they are disqualified since they consistently wilt under the bright lights. The only argument you could possibly make is BU but they are so inconsistent it's hard to take them seriously. What happened to the days where we thought the BU women would dominate the national tourney like the sons of Jack Parker used to do? Hasn't happened. Probably wont. And if anyone says UNH is on the come, you are also going to be dismissed as someone... he is making no sense at all.
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Reading that last sentence, it's like the poster has a couple of voices that are debating each other in this head. ;)
 
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D2D said:
Totally opposite of our champion Gophers, who will always rise to the challenge, play any team, any place, even in the dark if the 60 watt bulbs burn out. :p ;)
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Which is why the last time you showed up at Matthews was when? I know there have been overtures by NU and the other Boston area teams. Plus worst case your men's team can share the directions to the rink they had a great game here last year. :cool:
 
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ARM said:
And here I thought you didn't attend because BC so seldom won the thing. Silly me. :o
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your post is the best on here I've ever seen. hilarious.
Grant, you have to agree. it was really good.
 
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wpiguy said:
Honestly, does anyone care if they play this thing at Merrimack, at the Cape or on the moon???? Big deal the tourney winner gets an autobid to the NCAAs. Good for them. They can yet again get drubbed by a WCHA team. They should just cancel the "championship" weekend and forfeit the league's NCAA bid and let the real teams play it out. Just hand over the title to Wisconsin or Minnesota or whichever ECAC team is less than 100 miles from the Canadian border until further notice. If anyone can make a case for a HE team finishing above fourth in the WCHA and doing anything more than squat outside their below average league, I'd like to hear it. And don't give me BC, they are disqualified since they consistently wilt under the bright lights. The only argument you could possibly make is BU but they are so inconsistent it's hard to take them seriously. What happened to the days where we thought the BU women would dominate the national tourney like the sons of Jack Parker used to do? Hasn't happened. Probably wont. And if anyone says UNH is on the come, you are also going to be dismissed as someone he is making no sense at all.
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I heard a rumor that the NCAA gave North Dakota an at large bid last year because they finished 3rd in the WCHA but Idalski turned it down because he lost to Vermont at home and didn't want to play higher ranked Hockey East teams on the road. Not sure how much of that is true.
 
EastFan1 said:
I heard a rumor that the NCAA gave North Dakota an at large bid last year because they finished 3rd in the WCHA but Idalski turned it down because he lost to Vermont at home and didn't want to play higher ranked Hockey East teams on the road. Not sure how much of that is true.
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Not a chance that happened
 
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wpiguy said:
Not a chance that happened
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No it came from a pretty trustworthy source. North Dakota wanted its first NCAA appearance to go well and the home loss to the 7th place HE team had them concerned about how competitive they would be against the top half.
 
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EastFan1 said:
No it came from a pretty trustworthy source. North Dakota wanted its first NCAA appearance to go well and the home loss to the 7th place HE team had them concerned about how competitive they would be against the top half.
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As opposed to their other first NCAA Tournament appearance, which didn't go so well in 2011/2012 against Minnesota?
 
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