Being from Vermont, I would just like to endorse Ralph Baer's selections
for the ECAC All Rookie team. The inclusion of Jason Reid and Matt
Stelljes is right on target. Reid may be a controversial choice since he
played in just five games. However, his inclusion in the line-up helped
with a defensive spark that helped Vermont end a five game losing streak.
 
On Thu, 16 Mar 1995, Ralph Baer wrote:
 
> Jayson Moy picked the following ECAC Rookie team and honorable
> mentions:
>
> >
> > Gee, my 1st team is almost identical to Geoff's, except for Parsons.
> > ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
> >
> > 1st                                     HM
> >
> > F       Casson Masters (Princeton)      Derek McLaughlin (St. Lawrence)
> > F       Eric Healey (RPI)               Matt Brush (Princeton)
> > F       Ryan Smart (Cornell)            Henry Higdon (Harvard)
> > F       Tim Loftsgard (Colgate)         Bob Cancelli (Dartmouth)
> > F       Doug Sproule (Harvard)          Chris Clark (Clarkson)
> > F       Paul DiFrancesco (St. Lawrence) Matt Stelljes (Vermont)
> > D       Bryan Tapper (RPI)              Jason Dailey (Cornell)
> > D       Jason Reid (Vermont)            Nicholas Windsor (Clarkson)
> > D       Ray Giroux (Yale)               Geordie Hyland (Harvard)
> > D       Jeremiah McCarthy (Harvard)     Pat Brownlee (RPI)
> > G       Dan Murphy (Clarkson)           Trevor Koenig (Union)
> > G       Dan Brenzavich (Colgate)        Jason Elliot (Cornell)
> >
>
> It is interesting that the three RPI Freshmen that Jayson chose
> (Healey, Tapper, and Brownlee) were not NHL draft picks, while the
> three that he did not choose (Aldous, Battaglia, and Masotta) were NHL
> draft picks.  While I do not want to go out on a limb and state which
> of these six will make the largest contribution to Engineer hockey
> over four years (assuming that it still is Engineer hockey in 1998 :-),
> it does show that qualities that the NHL thinks are important do not
> always correspond to those that are important at the college level.
>
> Ralph Baer
> RPI '68, '70, '74
>