On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Karen/Greg Ambrose wrote:
 
> >From what I understand about Canadian college, most of the players, as you
> say, have finished juniors, have no realistic chance to go on as a pro and,
> for the most part, are going through the motions as they go to school.  My
> observations from the teams UNH plays at the start of every season -
> Concordia, Ottawa, Dalhousie, etc. - are that they have limited talent,
> don't care and goon it up if they get the chance.
>
I can't comment on any other school, but my spouse taught accounting and
business courses at the University of Alberta (not your basketweaving
stuff) and was quite impressed as a group by the hockey players in her
classes who did at least as well as the others.  And as I said in my first
post, within the context of Canadian college hockey there is no more
successful team than the U of A.
 
> Arthur, don't mistake college hockey for football and basketball.  The
> players I come across, while for the most part not Einsteins, are intent on
> getting their degree.
>
Believe me, I'd much rather you were right than I on this topic.
 
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