On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Satow, Clay wrote:
But lets make this comparison really accurate.
> Interesting observation about the UND roster, Larry.
>
> BC
> 20 from Mass. or a contiguous state
> 2 from another state
> 2 from Canada.
>
> North Dakota
> 14 from ND or a contiguous state
> 2 from other states
> 11 from Canada
North Dakota
19 from ND or a contiguous state/province
2 from other states
6 from other provinces (all Alberta)
I'm not sure what the presence of Canadians has to do with anything, but
UND gets a lot of "regular" students from Manitoba and Saskatchewan. I
don't think the border is nearly as hard here as it seems to be in the
east. But I'll admit I'm somewhat a Canada fan, I'd much rather go to
Winnipeg than Minneapolis.
Otherwise you are pretty much spot on, although ALL Canadian is a definite
overstatement. While the Gasparini era was quite heavily slanted to
Canadians, there were always Nodaks and northern Minnesota boys too. It's
just that a lot of the stars were Canucks. And you are obvious correct
that South Dakota and Montana provide little in the way of hockey
talent. (Although Great Falls, MT native Terry Casey was a Sioux
All-America in the 1960s.)
Brian
> There are a few of things that are pleasing to me. First, I can remember
> when North Dakota was virtually ALL Canadian. Given that North Dakota is
> sparsely populated, and of the contiguous states, only Minnesota has many
> hockey players, the geographic distribution is pretty impressive. Second, I
> know that none of the local kids on BC were "affirmative action" recruits,
> and I doubt that any of the local kids on North Dakota were either. While
> there's some pressure on Jerry York to recruit local kids just because they
> are local (and I'm sure there are similar pressures on Dean Blais), I think
> that the results show that the recruiting emphasis was on ability rather
> than home town. Another surprising thing I noted from the North Dakota
> roster was that there were a couple of Canadian kids who played junior
> hockey in the USHL. That speaks well for the USHL, and I don't think you'd
> have seen that a few years ago.
>
> Clay
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Larry Winer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 5:14 AM
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> > Subject: Re: ESPN Frozen Four coverage/Defending the Announcers
> >
> > I prefer these announcers to DICK VITALE.
> >
> > Our local papers in New Jersey had decent coverage of the Frozen Four and
> > there is a heightened awareness of the event.
> >
> > When the day comes that we have 100 plus D1 schools across USA playing the
> > interest will increase. Nice to see UND with so many Americans and I note
> > their recruiting class is all USA
> >
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