I definitely enjoy a faster paced game with less fighting and more
finesse.
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Vicki Price [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Thursday, September 18, 1997 9:16 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Hockey News September 12, issue
>
>Letter published by subscriber in current issue:
>
>Note: This article reminded me of Maine's honor last season for least penalty
>minutes in Hockey East and of course mention of famous former Black Bear.
>
>
>Junior Hockey simply not producing talent
>
>" Now that the statistics are in, we should officially lament the decline of
>major junior hockey as a supplier of top NHL talent.
>It is a fluke that only two of the NHL's 40 goal scorers from last season and
>just one of the top five scoring defensemen played major junior? Is it
>another that its presence is waning on the scoresheet, it is bulging in the
>penalty minute column? Sixteen of the 20 PIM leaders are major junior grads.
> Maybe it's time the Canadian Hockey League took a critical look at the game
>it's promoting. Personally, I'd rather see a junior system (you think he said
>that in error and means MAINE) (-: that promotes and develops
>talented players such as PAUL KARIYA rather than just a legion of muckers and
>grinders. With 60 per cent of the players coming through the CHL ranks, you'd
>think it would be better represented among NHL elite."
>
>Don Carlson, Lake Memphremagog, Quebec
>
>
>Opinions!?
>
>
>BTW current NHL training camp rosters list lots of (sophomores and juniors)
>college players who have signed and given up their college eligibility.
>Rosters include JEFF LIBBY of MAINE, Rasmussen of MN, Robitaille of Miami and
>Cullen of St. Cloud, to name a few.
>
>
>Vicki Price