Keith and Brent were Wayne's brothers.

but you seem to be answering the question about who is
better the older one that you heard of or the others
that you have to ask about.


--- Lindsay Huntoon <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> So who was the third Gretzky??
> 
> james acheson wrote:
> 
> > as a youth hockey coach, I would say that the
> younger siblings are ALL 
> > better than the older ones.  They seem to play at
> the level of the 
> > older kid, as long as they are only a couple years
> apart and they seem 
> > to be equally as tough as the older kid.  I call
> this younger-sibling 
> > syndrome.
> >  
> > so at the youth level, it seems that the yonger
> ones are the "better" ones
> > and for the families where only one kid goes on,
> it might be the 
> > younger one who does, but...
> >  
> > when you compare one college player to another or
> when you compare one 
> > pro to another pro, are there any younger ones who
> outshine the older 
> > ones?
> >  
> > Gregg Johnson might likely end up a better pro
> player than Keith (AHL 
> > compared to ECHL, at least so far) and I think he
> was better at BU 
> > than Keith was at Maine... of course it is tough
> to compare... and 
> > Nick is at Sacred Heart, so I am guessing he is a
> step below Keith.
> >  
> > The Gretzkys had 3 in the pros and the oldest was
> a little better than 
> > the 3rd. (who made it only as far as the AHL and
> the second who played 
> > a bit in the NHL).
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >
> >
> > */Steve Archer <[log in to unmask]>/* wrote:
> >
> >     I played with the older brothers of Derek
> Damon & Nick Payson,
> >     both of whom
> >     were very good players but not close to the
> level of their little
> >     brothers.
> >     I think it depends on how established the
> hockey base is as well.
> >     When we
> >     were playing we were fairly early on in
> Bangor's hockey
> >     development. The
> >     families learn and little bro gets better
> playing against older
> >     kids. This
> >     was true with the other brothers I played with
> as well who didn't
> >     go on to
> >     play D1.
> >
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: The Maine Hockey Discussion List
> >     [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> >     Behalf Of Wayne T Smith
> >     Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:27 AM
> >     To: [log in to unmask]
> >     Subject: Re: Siblings playing hockey
> discussion.
> >
> >     In the case of the 4 Kariya, I'd say that
> their parents make
> >     better hockey
> >     players, if you don' mind me turning the
> question upside down!
> >
> >     Cheers, wayne
> >     Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> >
> >
> >
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