I almost posted that the quote wasn't quite accurate. According to the media
guide I have, Air Force lists senior forward Theo Zacour hometown as - of
all places - Oslo, Norway.  It turns out he was born in Hawaii, moved to
Oslo when he was eight, then to Canada at 17 to pursue a college
scholarship. His dad graduated from the Academy in 1976.

Anyway, it is an interesting bit of trivia. Don't know if it really was the
first NCAA tournament game to feature all Americans, but cool nonetheless.

-Todd
mysite.verizon.net/creasemonkeyhockey


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela Sweeney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: musings from the west regional


> Charlie Shub wrote:
> >
> > nobody in the media picked up on the fact that the USAFA
> > Minnesota game was perhaps the first playoff game with all
> > native US players
>
>
> http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_5491929
>
> [Quote]
> A special dynamic intertwines the Air Force and Minnesota hockey teams -
like red, white and blue - making Saturday's first-round NCAA Tournament
game an all-American affair.
>
> Both rosters are 100 percent American. No Canadians. No Europeans. That
wouldn't be unusual if you were putting together a football or basketball
team, but many of the NCAA's best hockey teams are built around foreign
players.
>
> [end quote]
>