on 10/31/00 3:23 AM, Karen/Greg Ambrose at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> What crap!  Larry never misses a chance to flaunt his jingoism ad nauseum.
> As many besides me have said before, the players are all human beings, some
> play to prepare for the pros, others to get a degree courtesy of the
> university they are playing for.  The noble American is no different than
> the "invader" from a foreign land.
>
> Tell me Larry, what is the average stint of active duty for varsity
> athletes who graduate from the service academies?  My guess is, with most,
> its the mandatory five years and out.  Ten years out (that's age 32 or so),
> I would guess most of them are doing the same thing that the rest of the
> players you seem to disparage are doing - NHL, Wall Street, teaching,
> coaching and, by and large, being productive citizens.
>
> IMHO your comments are an affront to every non-US player who has ever
> played American college hockey.
=====Reply=====
Ahhhhh....

Hockey-L stirs from the summer's torpor and comes back to life! A few
discussions of head injuries, a couple of insults at various bands, a
discussion or two about the rate of freezing of hot vs. cold water, some
East vs West rhetoric, and a few Maine vs UNH arguments and we'll all be
right back where we belong.

USCHO? Who needs 'em?

I'm going with Nebraska-Omaha vs Canisius in the Championship Final. And
Martin St. Louis (or Brendan Minneapolis) for Hobey.
--jeff partnow
--Fairbanks