It was announced tonight at the Merrimack banquet that senior
defenseman Mark Cornforth signed a two-game tryout deal with Syracuse
of the AHL.  The transactions column of the local paper indicates that
Travis Tucker, formerly of UMass-Lowell, also signed with Syracuse, a
team looking to shore up its defense.
 
Cornforth was named one of Merrimack's two MVPs for 1994-95 and
tallied 8-20--28 in 30 games with 93 penalty minutes.  His 5 PPGs tied
him for the team lead.  He served as captain this season.
 
In his career, Cornforth finished with 17-60--77.
 
Also captain of the Warrior tennis team as a first singles player,
Cornforth will likely return to Merrimack next week and continue
playing tennis along with finishing out his degree.  He has been named
to the HE All-Academic Honor Roll in each of his first three years and
could become the school's third Distinguished Scholar (only 5 HE players
in history have been so honored) if he attains that goal again this
season.
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Mike Machnik                                            [log in to unmask]
Cabletron Systems, Inc.                                    *HMM* 11/13/93