I joined the list waaaayyyy back in 1990.  I think there were only about 50
people on the list at the time.  I had just moved to Arizona from Minnesota.
 The Internet was not what it is today.  The campus computer I worked on was
a mainframe style terminal.  So even if there were college hockey web sites
at the time, I couldn't get to them.

Living in the desert, Hockey-L was my only link to knowing what was going on
with the Gophers.  Many thanks to Erik and Carol for keeping me up on the
weekend scores and standings.  I always looked forward to logging in on
Monday morning and getting the updates.

Happy Birthday Hockey-L! (and many more!)

Gary Thomas

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:08:41 -0400, Sean Pickett
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I also joined the list in 1994 and even though I was going to most BU
> games it allowed me to learn about the other programs and leagues.
>
>Sean Pickett
>
>On 28 Apr 2005 at 8:08, Anthony Buffa wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Congrats to the list.
>>
>> I fondly recall joining in about 1994 and lurking for a good bit of
>> time, having been away from college hockey since 1964... so back in
>> 1994 this list was really the only way of me reconnecting with a
>sport
>> I love. In the meantime I have made a lot of efriends, and with
>> retirement nearing, I am hoping to get to some FFs and meet some of
>> you in person ...Anaheim whetted my appetite for sure.
>>
>> Good luck to the list and may it grow and last forever!
>>
>> Tony Buffa
>> San Luis Obispo, CA
>> RPI '64
>>
>> PS: When I first joined I had a few conversations with Mike M. Is
>he
>> still around?