>Subject: Other WCHA Players in Olympics
>
>At least two other former WCHA players are in this year's games at
>Lillehammer.
>
>In addition to Mark Beaufait of Northern Michigan, Brad Werenka, who
>played with the Wildcats--and was the "offensive defensive star" on the
>1990-91 national championship team--is on Team Canada.  Also, Eric
>LeMarque is on the French team, and Phil DeGaetano is playing for Italy.
>(I have to confess that I don't know how long ago LeMarque and DeGaetano
>played for NMU; could it possibly have been back in the 'Cats' CCHA
>days?  That seems doubtful, though, given my understanding of how many
>years ago the team changed leagues.)
 
 
Either I missed the previous posting or there is still another former WCHA
player playing in the Olympics that you overlooked.  He is defensemen Barry
Richter from Wisconsin.  Since he is starting for Team USA, he's hard to
miss.  I don't think Richter has scored any goals during the Winter Games
(please correct me if I'm wrong), but I saw him defintely get some strong
shots on goal.
 
If anyone doesn't know out there, Barry is the son of our athletic
director, Pat Richter.  Pat, the former all-american wide reciever for the
Badgers (1963 Rose Bowl) and former LA Ram, single-handedly brought
Wisconsin sports back into the national spotlight with our 1994 Rose Bowl
appearance under Barry Alvarez and the rebirth of our basketball team under
former NY Knick coach, Stu Jackson.
 
Of course, the hockey team was always good.  Hopefully, they won't hit
their Saturday jinx and will sweep the NMU Wildcats.  This should make the
WCHA race much more interesting.  And let's also hope that Team USA will
end up 1-0-3 after the game against Sweden today.
 
Andy
 
 
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