As one of the few individuals lucky enough (or unlucky enough, sometimes I
wonder) to have ESPN2 on my cable system (don't ask me why we got it.  My
system is screwed up, anyway.  We've had ESPN2 for about a year and just got
News McNuggets [Headline News] 2 weeks ago.  Go figure.), The Deuce has been
covering AHL games (or IHL, I can never remember which) in lieu of the NHL
games that were scheduled this weekend.  Since ESPN itself wasn't scheduled
to cover an NHL game until last night, I'm not sure what they are planning
to replace postponed NHL games with.  Does college hockey have a shot?  On
The Deuce, maybe.  I doubt it on Big Daddy.  For me, anything beats Prime
(especially since I'm too cheap to fork over $9.95 for PASS) so don't expect
me to complain if ESPN or Baby ESPN picks it up.
 
G. M. Finniss
Michigan State University
WVU '87, UTenn '92, MSU (biiiiiiiiiiiiig game this weekend) who the hell knows
when?
 
BTW, MSU hockey tickets went on sale this week to students (NO LOTTERY, PLEASE!)with the usual restrictions.  Ticket prices have now increased to $5/game and
the season is broken into 2 8-game series.  Of course, the ever-intelligent
MSU ticket office decided to leave off the student package any game that occurs
when students are out-of-town.  The winner this year: the Jan. 6 game against
Ferris State.  I wonder when they're going to learn not to leave games off the
student package against teams whose fans can easily drive to East Lansing to
buy tickets that would have gone to students.  (Last year, BTW, was Western
Michigan, who beat us 2-0 at Munn.)  Last December, it seemed like there were
more Western fans than Spartan fans in Munn.  Can't we get somebody like OSU
or UIC during breaks?