For any of you that may not have seen it, there is a relatively large
article in USA Today on Baumgartner.  Good to see some newsprint on our
sport, also it includes a full picture and the guts of the story is that
he is probably the youngest kid to play college hockey at 16 yrs 3 months.
 There are some comments from Craig Simpson who played for MSU at the age
of 16 but turned 17 during his freshman campaign.  Baumgartner sounds like
a real talent, good size, experience, etc., not to mention brains as he is
fluent in German, French, and English and is majoring in business,
planning to finish in 3 yrs at Clarkson.
 
Clarkson people, does that mean he plans on playing at the college level
for a max of 3 yrs?
 
The article talks about his Gretsky-like instincts and his move to Quebec
at the age of 14 (from Europe) to play hockey in Canada (Quebec is still
part of Canada, no? :-)
 
Tony Buffa
RPI '64 --- maybe a victory this weekend?
 
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