Ok, so by now everyone has heard that Hockey East and the Boston Red Sox Organization are teaming up to showcase two more college hockey games this January at Fenway Park--UMass vs. UVM and the heated rivalry between UNH and UMaine-Orono.
After 2010's Winter Classic between the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins followed up by a classic clash of the Comm. Ave schools Boston University and Boston College, you could feel the envy emanating from UNH head coach Dick Umile as he sat in front of the media just days before the game. Looking at no one, he simply said, "They deserve it."
But anyone who knows Umile knows that when there's a dance with Jerry York and Jack Parker and he's not there--especially when it's down in Boston--he's not happy. When asked if he thought the rivalry between UNH and UMaine could fill out Fenway Park, he responded with "This rivalry is as good as any of them out there. It would certainly give them a run for their mone
Sports blog by Biz Jacobs