> Sokol Kiev played at Harvard in '90 and the Crimson tied them 3-3. It was
> quite a game. Ted Hartje, Harvard '90, later went on to play for Sokol
> Kiev: I believe he may have been the first American to play in the
> Russian leagues.
 
MIKE muller a minnesota native and winnipeg jet prospect played a couple
years with moscow dynamo in 91-92 and 92-93 before going to the AHL last
year. there has to be another North american before that. Hartje maybe
the first college grad to go over but probably not the first NOrth american.
 
                                                                Manny