Jeremy writes:
>     Does anyone out there know who the all-time leading scorer in the NCAA
>is?  I was just wondering (I'm trying to keep from commenting on the proposed
>rules changes).
 
    Yup - Middlebury's Phil Latreille, 1957-61, 250 goals and 96 assists for
    346 points.  Middlebury was in the NCAA East division until 1961-62,
    when the ECAC division was formed, and they played in that conference
    through 1963-64, when the smaller schools split off and the ECAC 1
    looked more like it did in the early 80s (prior to the formation of
    Hockey East).  I would guess that 64-65 was when Divisions 1-3 were
    constructed and was why schools like Bowdoin, Norwich, Williams,
    Merrimack, UMass (Amherst,I presume since UMass-Boston did not exist
    at the time), Hamilton, Colby, AIC, UConn, Middlebury, Amherst, and
    MIT can be found in the ECAC standings in 63-64 and not in 64-65.
 
    The leading "modern-day" scorer was Tom Ross of Michigan State, 1973-76,
    with 138 goals and 186 assists for 324 points.
 
    Other records:
 
    Oddly enough, MSU's Mike Donnelly is listed as the record holder for
    goals in a season with 59 in 1985-86, although Latreille's 250 indicates
    that he must have had > 59 in at least one season.
 
    Most assists in a season is held by Western Michigan's Wayne Gagne,
    76 in 1986-87.
 
    Of course, Tony Hrkac of North Dakota still holds the record for points
    in a season with 116 (46 G, 70 A in 48 games) in 1986-87.
 
    And, for you Rico Rossi fans out there, Northeastern's El Magnifico does
    NOT hold either of the penalty minute records for a season or career.  For
    a season, that honor goes to North Dakota's Jim Archibald - 197 PIM in
    1984-85.  For a career, the lucky guy is Ohio State's Dan Mandich.  He had
    an incredible *617* minutes from 1978 to 1982, about 200 more than the
    Huskies' "Mr. Atra".
 
>     So, anyone have any thoughts on the upcoming Dexter Hockey Classic?
>(First round:  Clarkson vs. W. Michigan, Maine vs. Brown.  Talk about setting
>up an exciting championship game.  Having said this, it'll probably be
>W. Mich. vs. Brown for the title.)
 
    Hope you Clarkson people aren't looking past WMU to Maine (or at least
    that the players aren't - doesn't matter what the fans do).  The Broncos
    sure have been an inconsistent team this year, but if their offense
    AND defense should both come to play vs the Knights, it could be a
    Maine-WMU final.  Mike Eastwood can put the puck in the net and his
    team has great penalty-killing (not a very good power play, though).
    Clarkson-WMU should be a decent game in itself.
 
 
    - mike