Wasn't there somebody named Ken Dryden who made it to the NHL from college hockey in the 70's?  ;)  My sister tells stories of being irritated watching him at the  end of the ice at Appleton resting on the net as the action was down in the SLU end.

SLU does have some early players  (50's) in the Hockey Hall of Fame but they are not in as players but as a broadcaster and a builder (Frian McFarlane and Bill TOrrey both inducted in 1995).

I enjoyed watching the game.  It is now the long off season and watching the calendar until October.

Sara
SLU '77
Let's go SAINTS!!!


> I dont recall any players from college going to the NHL in the 50s or
> early 60s. I recall seeing Red Berenson in action in the NCAAs in 1963
> (?) in Syracuse, when Clarkson upset UMich 5-4 (I believe) and he was
> probably one of the first. Until the mid 80s, I bet they were few and
> far between as the gap in talent between D-I and the NHL began to narrow.
>
> Even the fantastic skater and scorer for RPI, Bobby Brinkworth '64.
> couldnt make it much past the lower levels of the minors as I recall.
>
> Tony Buffa
> RPI '64
>
> ==============
>
> Bob Griebel wrote:
>
> > (a) Vic Heyliger
> > (b) Nobody
> >
> >
> > Henry wrote:
> >
> >> Well, now that Denver's done the repeat I got curious and looked at
> >> the roster of past champions.
> >> Wow. In the first ten years of the tournament, 1948-57, Michigan was
> >> in the final 7 times and won
> >> 6. No other team has ever come close to that sort of dominance. Does
> >> anyone know, off the top of
> >> his head, (a) who was the coach in those years and (b) which players
> >> went on to good careers in
> >> the NHL?
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >>
> >> Henry
> >>
> >>
> >>