Keith says:
>Again, "The Nation's Newspaper" has college hockey news. On page 14C of
>10/19's edition is an article about Alabama-Huntsville's hockey
>program.
 
    The interesting thing I got out of this was that the UAH club
    team used to draw 6,000 for games with club teams from Auburn,
    Tennessee, Alabama, etc.  Now that they've stepped up to the
    big-time, they draw only 3,500 (still pretty impressive for a
    non-hockey hotbed).
 
    There's also a report on two Alaska-Anchorage players who face
    charges of assault and trespassing stemming from a fight at a
    local nightclub.  The players are free on bail and are able to
    play.  Their trial date is December 11.  Rumors that the players
    are transfers from Lowell are unconfirmed...
 
    USA Today hockey writer Kevin Allen offered his boring choices
    for Hobey Baker & conference predictions (doesn't anyone have
    the guts to step out on a limb?):
 
    CCHA:   1.  Michigan St         WCHA:   1.  North Dakota
            2.  Lake Superior               2.  Northern Michigan
            3.  Michigan                    3.  Minnesota
            4.  Bowling Green               4.  Wisconsin
            5.  Ohio St                     5.  Minnesota-Duluth
            6.  Western Michigan            6.  Denver
            7.  Miami                       7.  Colorado College
            8.  Ferris St                   8.  St Cloud
            9.  Illinois-Chicago            9.  Michigan Tech
 
    ECAC:   1.  Cornell        Hockey East: 1.  Boston University
            2.  RPI                         2.  Maine
            3.  Clarkson                    3.  Boston College
            4.  Colgate                     4.  Providence
            5.  St Lawrence                 5.  New Hampshire
            6.  Harvard                     6.  Northeastern
            7.  Vermont                     7.  Merrimack
            8.  Princeton                   8.  Lowell
            9.  Brown
           10.  Dartmouth
           11.  Yale
           12.  Army
 
    Hobey:  1.  Jim Dowd, C, Lake Superior
            2.  David Emma, C, Boston College
            3.  Tony Amonte, RW, Boston University
            4.  Joe Juneau, C, RPI
            5.  Scott LaGrand, G, Boston College
 
    I'm not sure if these are in order or not.  I fail to understand
    why these people don't rate Steve Heinze very highly.
 
>If the USA Today keeps up a one-article-per-day pace, I promise to stop
>telling you about every single one.
 
    Not likely.  But it is a promising start.
 
    By the way, folks, with Keith covering the CCHA so well,
    Bill & others handling the ECAC, and myself & hopefully
    others giving you Hockey East news, I was wondering if
    anyone might be able to take on the WCHA.  The most
    important thing is scores, and updated standings would
    also be great.  It's hard to get this info in the East
    without waiting for The Hockey News to hit my mailbox
    each week.
 
    Also, if anyone would like to give weekly standings/scores
    from any of the Division III leagues around the country,
    that would be fantastic.  I tried to send out ECAC East/West/
    North/South info last year when I could, but it's very hard
    to give fans of those leagues the info they want when so much
    of my time is taken up with Hockey East & other Div. I stuff.
    For Eastern Div. III fans, The Boston Globe has most ECAC III
    scores every day and will publish standings at least every
    Tuesday.
 
    Finally, Hockey East Media Day will be next Wednesday at the
    Boston Garden's Blades and Boards club, and I hope to be able
    to make it & give a report later in the day so Keith can
    complain about the preseason all-star teams again.
 
 
    - mike