Welcome to the Second Issue of What's New in the CCHA! This issue will
have more 'real' information, like stats, and recent results. I will also
continue bashing the CCHA refs.
First of all, here are some stats.
CCHA Standings as of 1/28/98: (team name, CONFERENCE record, Conference
points)
1. University of Michigan, 14-4-1, 29 points
2. Michigan State, 13-3-2, 28 points
3. Miani University, 17-5-2, 26 points
4. Northern Michigan, 11-7-3, 25 points
5. Ohio State, 11-9-0, 22 points
6. Lake Superior, 8-8-4, 20 points
7. Notre Dame, 8-8-3, 19 points
8. Ferris State, 7-8-3, 17 points
9. Alaska Fairbanks, 6-16-1, 13 points
10. Western Michigan, 4-14-1, 9 points
11. Bowling Green, 2-14-2, 6 points
CCHA Scoring Leaders as of 1/28/98:
1. Terry Marchant, LSSU, 13 goals, 17 assists, 30 points
2. Hugo Boisvert, OSU, 12 G, 18 A, 30 points
3. Bill Muckalt, MICH, 15 G, 13 A, 28 points
4. Bobby Hayes, MICH, 13 G, 14 A, 27 points
5. Mike York, MSU, 13 G, 12 A, 25 points
The CCHA race is really close this year. There are 3 teams within 5 points
of 1st place, and there are only 3 points seperating 4th place from 2nd
place. The scoring seems to be down this year, but from what I understand,
scoring is down all around the country.
Here are some awards that I think SHOULD be awarded (Note however that my
opinion doesn't count for very much)
Player of the week: Trevor Prior, Miami. Prior made a very large amount of
great saves against Michigan this past weekend. If he hadn't been so
outstanding, I don't think Miami would've won 2.
Most likely to score 2 hat tricks in as many games next weekend: Bill Muckalt,
Michigan. Muckalt has been in a little bit of a scoring slump,
but I think that he's due for a big game pretty soon.
Worst Referee: Hmm. Tough call. All the CCHA refs (except Kronenberg)
suck. Read on to find out about this week's featured Ref, Matt Shegos.
Matt Shegos is one of 2 refs in the CCHA with the name Shegos (the other
one is his brother Mark). At one point, Matt was the more respected (and
better ref) of the two of them. Well, times have changed. Mark hasn't
gotten any better, but Matt has fallen to his level. Here's a recent example
Michigan vs. AK-Fairbanks, Jan. 17, 1998.
Michigan scored a questionable goal. Shegos, who was right on the goal
line, where he was supposed to be, furiously pointed at the net (the sign
that a goal had been scored). However, the goal judge didn't turn on his
lamp. As Shegos was pointing, Ian Perkins (the Alaska goalie) deftly
pulled the puck out of his net. This confused Shegos enough so as to go
confer with his linesmen. He apparently didn't get a good enough decision
from them, so he went back and asked Perkins. Perkins, of course, had just
pulled the puck from the net, and vehemently denied doing so. Shegos then
decided to consult with the Alaska captain. The Alaska captain apparently
(from my vantage point in the second row right on the goal line) didn't
know, so Shegos FINALLY decided to ask the goal judge. After this final
consultation, he finally admitted that he was right to begin with, and
ruled it a goal. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm glad that he consulted with
the goal judge, BUT he should have done that FIRST, not LAST. The last
person you should ask should be the goalie who was scored on, NOT the
first. Why couldn't Shegos have had the guts to just go with his original
call?
Ok, I'll conclude this article with some more information about myself. My
name is still Eric, my e-mail address is eric@quickdesign.com. I run a Michigan
Hockey Webpage at http://www.quickdesign.com/hockey/. Have a nice day, and GO
BLUE!
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