Frozen Four

[Trotsky]

[quote judy]Hey Greg, I thought you were coming down for the games[/quote]

I am down.  I'm just not down with it.  :-/

[Swampy]

[quote French Rage][quote ugarte][quote Kyle Rose][quote Jeff Hopkins '82]I found myself thinking, "Screw you, Milo, you little traitor."  ::moon::[/quote]
Bitter much?  I place the blame for this one on Schafer, not Milo.[/quote]
I'm with you, Kyle. I feel bad for the kid that he was basically forced to transfer so he could be a two-sport star only to have the baseball program canceled. I hope making the Frozen Four is enough consolation.[/quote]

Well, I mean, shouldn't he have checked a little more thoroughly to make sure they would keep it.  Being Vermont, I'm guessing it's not as hospitable year round for baseball as, say, Florida, and it's already well known that northern college baseball teams have a hard time competing with southern teams due to the shorteneed season, so I find it hard to believe that if it was cancelled so quickly there was no foreshadowing of that at all.[/quote]

The competitiveness of the team probably only had minor influence. These days money talks at state universities like Vermont, particularly since sports added or eliminated have to be balanced between women and men. Baseball is an expensive sport, particularly in northern schools requiring spring trips to warmer climates. Had Milo investigated, he might have sniffed an impending elimination, but I suspect the university's President made the decision suddenly once the school's budget shortfall for the current year was evident.

[cth95]

I live in Vermont and followed this on the local news.  There was no foreshadowing whatsoever.  With the collapse of the economy, the administration examined ways to cut costs. Unfortunately, they decided to cut baseball and softball.  With the recent success of the hockey and basketball teams, the vast majority of attention at UVM goes to them.  These have always been the main sports anyway.

It is a shame they couldn't find a way to keep the team.  They play on a cool field they share with one of the Expos/Nationals minor league teams.

In a few years, UVM can print a new t-shirt for the baseball team similar to their football one:  "UVM Football, Undeafeted since 1974"

[Scersk '97]

I hope our defensemen are watching the championship intently.  As Melrose is highlighting, when Miami clogs the shooting lanes, the BU defensemen stop, reset, and then fire a wrister just wide of the net into traffic, hoping for deflections.

Our D need to do that.

[lynah80]

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[ChipJ]

I had the very same thought - don't just slap one-timers at the net, wrist it to a deflection or the boards behind the net and it may come back out

[lynah80]

BU looks tired.  They've been on the PK too much.  Miami is clogging the neutral zone well this period.

[Trotsky]

Now 3-1, but obviously BU is dangerous.

[lynah80]

Empty Net 3:30 to go

[lynah80]

Reichard is good tonight, but BU managed to score on him.  EA goal.

[Trotsky]

... and like that, 3-3.

[seth]

Wow.

[Trotsky]

Fitting.

[kingpin248]

Of course, not the first time it's happened in the final. 2001 - NoDak got two EAGs to tie it before falling to BC.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Trotsky]Now 3-1, but obviously BU is dangerous.[/quote]I wish you could do that for us.