On Thu, 2 Feb 1995, Bill Schneller wrote:
> Rick McAdoo had mentioned in a post a few days ago that a "Fan Fair"
> was being held in Providence in conjunction with the tourney.
> According to the Providence Journal the Fair will be held at the
> Rhode Island Convention Ctr (next door to the Civic Center) on Fri
> from 10-10, Sat from 10-1 and 5:30-9:30 and Sunday from noon - 5.
> Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for kids.  It will feature interactive
> games, autograph sessions with former NHL stars (none are named)
> and the first public presentation of the Hobey Baker Award.
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  Say it ain't so !!! :-(  Now we'll have to *pay* to attend the Hobey
ceremony, after it's been free and open to the public (contrary to the
above hype) for as long as I've been going to the NC$$ Championships (my
first was 1984 in Lake Placid) !?!?  I will be *extremely* disappointed
if this is indeed the case, as I've always considered attendance at the
Hobey ceremony one of the highlights of the whole weekend (after the
HOCKEY-L dinner, of course :-)  Way to go NC$$ and (the organization in
St. Paul that sponsors the Hobey whose name I've just spaced on) - you've
bought into the media hype and sense of inflated self-importance as
deeply as The DownTown Athletic Club in New York (sponsors of the Heisman
Trophy) ....  Just another few feet down the slippery slope towards
ruining the "this is our little Championship" feel that I've always felt
was one of its best features.  Sigh ....
 
   Sadly .... Jim
 
Go Blue !!