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It is fun to be in a conference that is stable, and that you can take pride in. I will be rooting for PC and BU tonight.
 
The HE being #1 helps us and everyone else in the HE in the PWR. They would root for us. Reluctantly.
 
SEC, SEC, SEC...oh wait, HE, HE, HE.

Also, this being a league of Champions helps us incredibly. We have a coach with a championship pedigree, a huge brand name, and possibly the best and largest (though still somewhat untapped) fan base in a league with a clear path to the title. I can't wait to see where we are in 5 years.
 
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And there it is. All HE final. Also...anyone catch the Whaler jersey behind the bench all night?
 
I don't think BU fans were all that opposed to UConn coming to the league. Most of the negative stuff I heard came from BC. UMass-Amherst and a little fromPC.
 
Not nearly as bad as BCU playing, but does UCONN benefit financially from having 2 HE teams in the final? Maybe PC and BU will play to an endless tie,
 
Say what you want about little old PC but Adminstator's at that school knew how to build championship conferences. Both Gavitt and Lamoriello were visionaries and somehow UConn benefited from both. I expect in 5 years UConn will be playing in Frozen Fours as well.
 
FriarJ said:
Say what you want about little old PC but Adminstator's at that school knew how to build championship conferences. Both Gavitt and Lamoriello were visionaries and somehow UConn benefited from both. I expect in 5 years UConn will be playing in Frozen Fours as well.
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Geez, FriarJ, now you're on our hockey board!!!
True, Gavitt founded the BE. I know Lamoriello was hockey coach at PC. Not much more, except he moved on to the Devils. As creative as Gavitt was, he left PC, and they couldn't take advantage of their new league surroundings. That's the big difference between UConn & PC. UConn found a way.
Anyways, you mentioned you would trade anything for just 1 of our NC's. Not sure if you are a big hockey fan, or a bandwagon jumper. (I guess it doesn't really matter, here). But, you just might get that NC. Good luck, with 2 New England teams competing in Boston, it looks like the Sox will have to take a back seat this weekend. The Garden should be rockin'.
 
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Lou Lamoriello became athletic director when Gavitt left for the BE. Yes he got all the schools together and started HE
 
LOU LAMORIELLO AND THE LAMORIELLO TROPHY

On March 7, 1988, the Hockey East Executive Committee voted to name the conference championship trophy the Lamoriello Trophy. The title honors Lou Lamoriello, the first commissioner of Hockey East and a leader in the formation of the conference. The league commissioned the creation of a permanent trophy in 1998, and it was delivered in time for the 1999 championship.

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Lamoriello served as the Providence College head coach for 15 seasons (1968-83), guiding the Friars to an overall record of 248-179-13, a winning percentage of .580. He led the Friars to a 33-10-0 mark in the 1982-83 campaign, the best in the nation that year. Providence also reached the Frozen Four that season for the first time since 1964. Lamoriello resigned as coach following that season to devote more time to his role as the Providence athletic director, a post to which he was appointed in July of 1982.

With the athletics directors from Boston College, Boston University, New Hampshire and Northeastern, Lamoriello formed the Hockey East Association in July of 1983. He was the driving force in the history-making interlocking schedule agreement with the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and in the first-ever college hockey television package.

A native of Johnston, R.I., Lamoriello attended LaSalle Academy and graduated from Providence College in 1963. As an undergraduate, Lamoriello lettered in baseball and hockey, serving as captain for each team during his senior year. He was inducted into the Providence College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980.

Lamoriello resigned as commissioner of Hockey East and as Providence College Athletic Director on April 30, 1987, to take the position of President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils.

Lamoriello continued to succeed in the NHL as the Devils have won the Stanley Cup three times during his tenure, most recently in 2003. Five former Hockey East players - Kevin Dean (UNH), Brian Gionta (BC), Bill Guerin (BC), Jay Pandolfo (BU) and Chris Terreri (PC), have won at least one Cup each under Lamoriello's watch.

Lamoriello has won on the international level as well. He organized the Team USA entry in both the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and the 1998 Winter Olympics as the General Manager of each team. The former, paced by Hockey East alumni Brian Leetch (BC), Keith Tkachuk (BU) and Tony Amonte (BU) beat Canada in the finals, two games to one, to win the inaugural World Cup.
 
Great, PC can try to take credit for any success we have in the HE by somehow "founding" it.

Good luck in the final.
 
Lamoriello deserves his place in the HoF. Genius. He certainly helped change the perception of college hockey.
 
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TRest said:
"Both Gavitt and Lamoriello were visionaries and somehow UConn benefited from both."
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That's true. Lot of bashing about how we are 2nd rate in everything, don't deserve a game against you yaddah yaddah yaddah, simply pointing out the schools are more connected then most think. PC might lose today but they won't get smoked, certainly nothing like what happened to the Huskies in Schneider.
 
FriarJ said:
That's true. Lot of bashing about how we are 2nd rate in everything, don't deserve a game against you yaddah yaddah yaddah, simply pointing out the schools are more connected then most think. PC might lose today but they won't get smoked, certainly nothing like what happened to the Huskies in Schneider.
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UConn has both the Atlantis & Maui tourneys in the next 2 years. Also games with Texas, Arizona, Ohio State, G-town, UMD. Plus recents with Fla, Stanford, & Duke.
With the conference UConn is stuck in, they need games like this on either ESPN or regular CBS shown to millions. Should a game with PC be ever scheduled (Ollie did allude to a future game) it would be on Fox1 viewed by 50,000. Mostly folks in CT & RI.
The only games vs teams in the NBE that give UConn wide exposure are games with G-town, Nova, & St. John's.
 
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Congrats to the Friars fans. That was a Super Bowl-49-caliber goof-up by BU's goalie. Poor man.
 
FriarJ said:
That's true. Lot of bashing about how we are 2nd rate in everything, don't deserve a game against you yaddah yaddah yaddah, simply pointing out the schools are more connected then most think. PC might lose today but they won't get smoked, certainly nothing like what happened to the Huskies in Schneider.
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Welp, they didn't get smoked.

Congrats on the title!

(You probably don't know how to act after winning one of these....I always like to go for smug.)
 
Butch said:
Congrats to the Friars fans. That was a Super Bowl-49-caliber goof-up by BU's goalie. Poor man.
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Yes, yes it was. The whole team flubbed the third period. PC played a great third, we didn't. They deserve the credit for that.
 
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Congrats to the Friars. They played really well when the game was on the line. They deserved the win. BU couldn't recover from a horrible break. They didn't deserve it.
 
Whenever you play to not lose...

It certainly doesn't hurt the Hockey East to have a fourth program with a national title. Hope more teams from the HE or ECAC (or AH) win more titles soon!
 
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