here's an article someone posted on the isles mailing list from newsday...
 
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>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 00:17:07 -0400
>From: Marc Lieber at Prodigy Internet <[log in to unmask]>
>To: 'Isles Mailing List - Worldramp' <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Newsday (9/18/97 - Luhning's a fighter)
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>Luhning's a Fighter
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>Rookie earned his toughness at junior level
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>By Jim Smith
>Staff Writer
>
>SINCE FIGHTING is not permitted in American college hockey, most graduates
>have
>a rude awakening when they arrive in the NHL. But Islanders rookie right
>wing Warren
>Luhning has experience dealing with the rough stuff.
>
>Luhning, 22, was born in Calgary and played Tier II junior hockey there (with
>NHL rules) before accepting a scholarship to the University of Michigan.
>So when Nolan Pratt of
>the Carolina Hurricanes threw a punch at him Saturday in a preseason game,
>Luhning answered
>with his own punches.
>
>Luhning then fought teammate Jason Strudwick during Monday's practice and the
>Rangers' Eric Boulton Tuesday night in a 5-3 loss in a rookie game in
>Cromwell, Conn.
>"I'm not going to be the type that goes out and looks for fights but I'm
>going
>to stand up for myself," Luhning said before last night's preseason loss
>to the Rangers, 5-1, at Nassau
>Coliseum. Luhning did not play because of the cut nostril and mild
>concussion he suffered in the
>Boulton fight.
>
>The Islanders like Luhning's spunk. And after watching him get 70 goals
>and 81
>assists in 153 games over four years with the Wolverines, they know he has
>skill. Luhning is a
>grinder in the Patrick Flatley mold and has a chance to make the team.
>
>The first two right wing jobs will go to Ziggy Palffy and Mariusz Czerkawski.
>Luhning is fighting for the other two or three jobs with Dan Plante, Steve
>Webb, Mick Vukota, Mark
>Lawrence and Dane Jackson.
>
>"I'm just going to play as hard as I can," Luhning said. "I hope to make the
>team and help the Islanders out. I'll fulfill a dream if I could do that."
>
>Luhning's parents are college graduates. His mother is a social worker. His
>father is an oil industry consultant with a doctorate. Luhning thought
>about playing Canadian junior
>hockey but began getting letters from U.S. colleges at age 14.
>
>"I figured if I could play hockey and get my degree at the same time," he
>said,
>"I'd kill two birds with one stone. My parents never really said anything.
>If I asked for help or advice
>they'd give it but they let me make up my own mind. They never pushed me."
>
>Luhning got a bachelor of arts in economics in four years at Michigan and
>went
>to the Final Four the past two seasons. The Wolverines won the NCAA title
>in 1996. Luhning said if
>his hockey career does not pan out, "I might go to grad school. I've
>always wanted to be an
>entrepreneur but I haven't decided on a [non-hockey] career yet."
>
>Islanders player personnel director Gordie Clark said Luhning, who is 6-2 and
>weighs 185 pounds, is "a very powerfully built boy. I think he's got the
>right combination of smarts
>to play the game. He can pass it. When the opportunity comes, he likes to
>drive to the net. He could be
>in the NHL a long time. He's got the potential to be a second- or
>third-line right wing."
>
>Luhning said regarding making the team, "I really don't know what's going on.
>I'm just going to work hard. If I get a chance [to stick], I'd be proud to
>represent them . . .
>[Flatley] definitely is a good role model."
>
 
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