On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, Steven M. Bernhardt wrote:
 
> Yea, let's add several new D1 hockey schools to create opportunities for
> Canadians to come to the US at taxpayers expense.
 
I like the fact the gophs are all Minnesota boys (or that is what I have
heard).  I wish SCSU would try that, or at least all USA.  I don't know
if it will improve the quality of their play or not, but I would like to
see it happen some time.
 
> Mankato State makes sense.  Nebraska-Omaha doesn't.  Why?  Minnesota
> produces the most US born D1 players (169 this year), only second overall
> to the province of Ontario (184 this year).  With more D1 Minnesota talent
> available, Mankato State will be able to fill out their roster with US born
> talent.  Any other new D1 schools, except for the New England area, will
> have to recruit heavily into Canada.
 
Then why does SCSU have so many Canadian players?  (or even one from Sweden)
Between the Gophers and the Huskies sits the top 5 candidates for Mr.
Hockey in Minnesota from last year.  What about the UMD Bulldogs?  I
haven't heard who there new talent is.  When (and if) Mankato comes in as
a D1 school, this will hurt all three of the current D1 teams in MN.
 
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