On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Pam Sweeney wrote:
 
> I think there are a couple other factors to consider:
>    1)  At the risk of being maligned as a Canadian-basher, let me point out
> that this is the "US Hockey Hall of Fame Game".  If you were to set up a
> college hockey game celebrating US hockey, I suspect Minnesota and BU would
> be the first two teams you would pick, since both teams consist primarily
> of US-born players.  (Yes, there are others, including St. Cloud, but these
> are arguably the two most prominent...)
>
Actually, it sounds like uninformed Canadian bashing to me.  Although BU
may have a majority of American players I don't think there is any
principle involved there as there is at Minnesota and has been at BC
until they couldn't find an American goaltender (I presume).  US hockey
has always included Canadians, at least for the past thirty years.  It
would be inappropriate to invite McGill, for example, but not Lake State.
 
This US/Canada thread seems to never die, but for some reason it is a
Minnesota person who usually brings this up.  This is ironic since
Minnesota may be the State most like Canada (at least the part where I am).
 
Arthur Berman [log in to unmask]
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