Arthur Berman writes:
 
>It didn't take long for Frank Mazzoco of "Minnesota" Sports Channel to
>bring up the old bugaboo about Canadians in US college hockey.  He
>commented in praising BU's performance last night that BU now has a only a
>couple of Canadians on thier team which is different than in prior years.
>He went on to add that most of thier players are from Massachusetts.
 
Perhaps Arthur is a bit too quick to criticize.  I just watched the replay
of MSC's broadcast of the game.  The comments that Arthur finds so
objectionable were made by Tom Reid, Frank Mazzocco's broadcast partner.
Tom Reid is a native of Canada.  The charge of  "nationalism" seems
inappropriate.
 
>I'm not seeking to have the last word on this (and who would give it to me
>:-)) but there are plenty of discussions about the Minnesota obsession
>with native players defined even more narrowly than nationality in the
>archives.
>
>I know Frank Mazzoco reads this list and he is a good announcer, but I was
>disappointed in what I hope were  ill thought out off the cuff comments.
 
I think that Arthur owes Frank an apology.
 
-- Erik
 
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