From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!fishkin Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Title: hockey flaming Article-I.D.: ucbvax.74 Posted: Wed Mar 23 13:33:32 1983 Received: Thu Mar 24 20:32:19 1983 From: fishkin (Ken Fishkin) To: sport.hockey@net Cc: net-sport-hockey This is my first post to the hockey net, so please excuse syntax errors, and settle in for some unadulterated hockey flaming : The selcetion process, as it is now, suffers from the same flaw as the NCAA basketball process : the regular season is becoming increasingly meaningless, only serving as a warm-up for the playoffs. Teams that finished first in the regular season have much to lose and nothing to gain - Minnesota, North Dakota, and Bowling Green are splendid examples of this. I would suggest they revert to something like the old system, namely : #1 in WCHA, CCHA, and ECAC get automatic seed. #2 in WCHA plays #2 CCHA for #4 bid. This would also remedy the ludicrous over-representation of the ECAC in the semi's. Let's face it, the ECAC no longer plays, overall, top-notch hockey. Every year, they get clobbered by WCHA teams and fade away - last year it was Harvard, UNH and Northeastern, this year St. Lawrence and UNH (yes, I know Providence beat UMD - even a blind squirrel catches a few nuts!). Re "seive" Weicker - I also remember last year that UNH had an All-american defenseman, and, I beleive, goalie, yet they were pounded by Wisconsin in the quarters. As long as FIFTY percent fo the All-Americas are from the East, this kind of thing is going to happen. Re Klinger vs. Behrend - Klinger showed, last year, that he could play excellent goalie in the NCAA's. BUT, this IS Behrends last year, and he IS the #1 hot goalie in the country. Every team should have such problems! Twere me, I'd play Behrend both nights. I will be in Grand Forks all weekend - any other Net denizens going? Anybody want any T-shirts? Ken "Lets Go Red" Fishkin fishkin@BERKELEY .....ucbvax!fishkin