>   I saw something interesting in the Boston Globe this morning that might
> be a possible explanation (or just something more to talk about) for the
> poor showing of Eastern teams in this years' hockey tournament.
>   The large majortiy of the Olympic Team this year was from eastern colleges
> and universitites.  Obviously, they had to be good players to make the
> team, so these were players that their former college teams were very much
> missing.
>   I'm just tossing this up for debate, I'm not saying that I necessarily
> agree with this point of view, but it makes for good fodder while waiting
> for the final tomorrow nite.
>
>                                                        -Barry
 
You need to consider both the USA and Canadian teams, since I think some
of the Canadian team players we US college players.
 
However, I think a fair number of the olympic team players had already
graduated and couldn't play this year anyway. You'd have to go through
the olympic team rosters, both final rosters and mid-season rosters since
players who did not make the final team were lost to college teams for
most or all of the season. Since I don't have this info, I won't speculate.
 
Derek Snyder
GE Corporate Research & Development
Schenectady, NY
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