> I am sending this assuming it is relevant to the list because some
> college hockey players are participating.  The following is from today's
> Edmonton Journal:
>
>       Edmonton Oilers first round draft pick Jason Bonsignore accepted
> an invitation Saturday to play for the United States team at the World
> Junior Hockey Championships.
>       "To be able to play in Alberta in front of all the fans, and a
> chance to play for my country, it's a pretty easy choice to make,
> really," said Bonsignore, whose Niagara Falls Thunder hosted the London
> Knights in an Ontario Hockey League game Saturday night.
>       Earlier this week Bonsignore hedged about playing in Red Deer.
>       Last year he was a member of Team USA in the Czech Republic, and
> barely got off the bench while the team went 1-5-1 in the tournament.
>       "When you sit down to think about it, there's a new coach, and it
> would have been a very difficult decision to make had I dwelled on what
> happened last year," the 18 year old said.
>       Jeff Jackson of Lake Superior State is coach of the US team this year.
>       Even though he's struggled in the OHL this year, Bonsignore
> stands a good chance of being the no. 1 American centre.
>       The others are University of Michigan's Kevin Hilton, a Detroit
> draft; Pittsburgh draft Richard Park, who's with Belleville in the OHL;
> and Shawn Bates, A Bruins choice attending Boston University.
>       The no. 4 draft in June, Bonsignore will oppose the no. 6 choice
> Ryan Smyth, another Oiler prospect who will skate for Team Canada, when
> Canada meets Team USA Dec. 29 in Red Deer.
>       Unlike Team Canada, the United States will not hold a training camp.
>       Bonsignore is scheduled to join the team for an exhibition game
> Dec. 18 in Colorodo Springs.
>       Team USA also plays the Czech Republic Dec. 23 in Lacombe, before
> opening the tournament with a Boxing Day game against Russia in Innisfail.
>       It's a winning coach and a new regime; achance for some
> vindication, when he didn't play as a 17 year old," said agent Pat Morris.
>
> Are any of you Hockey-L people going to be in Alberta for this event?
>               Arthur Berman
>               [log in to unmask]
>               GO BU!!!
>
I am trying to resend this since it bounced as having no text. Arthur