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March 07, 2008

This is it

Maine hockey is in unfamiliar territory this weekend, needing at least three points, and a little help from Merrimack in order to qualify for the Hockey East playoffs.

The No. 9 Black Bears have 17 points, two behind No. 8 Massachusetts, and two more than No. 10 Merrimack.

Basically Maine needs at least three points - a win and tie against UMass-Lowell - and needs UMass to stumble against Merrimack.

Maine can't get too much help from Merrimack though....because a three-way tie would go to them.

Here's my story from today's edition which explains things further.

Posted by Jenn Menendez at 10:01 AM

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Oh, who am I kidding. This team has been rotten all year. From boobgate (Tanner House) to needing help from Merrimack (Merrimack!!) just to qualify for the Hockey East playoffs -- it's em-bear-assing.

Time to throw my support behind a real team. What is is that they say down in Durham? U-N-H! U-N-H!!

Posted by KeepWhitehead
March 7, 2008 01:20 PM

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Jenn covers the University of Maine for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.

A former Portland Pirates beat writer who has covered two winter Olympics for the paper, she will tackle the Maine beat for a fourth year this season.

She has the empty coffee cups, and turnpike mileage receipts littering her
excellent-gas-mileage
Honda Civic to prove it.

Though she is a graduate of rival New Hampshire, she almost never thinks of that 1999 hockey game anymore.

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