"Pretty emotional weekend," said Botterill, choking back the tears as Stone took over to break the awkward silence.
Ice Ice Baby
Apparently Minnesota-Duluth Coach Shannon Miller doesn't agree. An extra 3,850 sqaure feet is too much in her opinion for women's hockey.
That's the difference in area between the 20,000 sq.ft. Olympic-sized ice in Minneapolis and her 16,150 sq.ft. rink in Duluth.
Most schools in the nation play on the smaller NHL-sized rinks, including Harvard, Duluth, Dartmouth and St.Lawrence.
The inaugural women's NCAA Frozen Four was played on the larger Olympic-sized ice at Mariucci Arena, however, forcing teams to change their styles of play late in the season with a national championship on the line.
In the opinion of Miller and other coaches, it hurt the quality of the game on the ice.
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