From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!5941ux!kpk Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Title: Eastern powers Article-I.D.: 5941ux.194 Posted: Fri Feb 18 09:39:36 1983 Received: Sat Feb 19 04:49:32 1983 Although I'm not a Cornell fan (perish the thought!) I can sympathize with them. Alas, it seems that most of the big powers of the ECAC from the 70's have fallen on hard times. Cornell, BU, Harvard, and even UNH are not as awesome as they once were. Instead, they have been replaced by erstwhile doormats such as Providence and Northeastern. I was wondering, has there been a recent change in hockey scholarship rules to promote parity, ala football? If so, I suppose I should be in favor of it, but still.... Also, to continue a previous discussion, the 1976 NCAA semi-final game between Minnesota and Boston University was marred on several occasions by Golden Gophers taunting the Canadian players on the BU team. I don't remember whether BU retaliated at all, but there were several fights in the game, including one where some Minnesota players from the bench jumped a BU player on his way to the penalty box. Allegedly, the BU player spit at the Minnesota bench. It was alo alleged that one of the Minnesota assitant coaches had pinned the BU player arms down while his players took pot shots. By all reports I remember seeing (eastern press, by the way) it was an ugly game. Go BU!! Ken Kretsch