I guess I need a little more information - college hockey is better than
NHL hockey how? The game itself (I agree) - the players generally (I
disagree).
I like both games for what they are, despite the clutch and grab, which
manifests itself in both games. While the NHL game is less exciting than
the college game generally, the NHL game is better than the college game
because of the high skill level of the players.
Guess I have to apologize for liking hockey at all levels including
youth and high school hockey, varsity and JV. It's all hockey, good
hockey, at the level being played, even the four-year-olds.

Sara M. Fagan wrote:

> I heard an interview with Harry Sinden today.  He was talking about
> possible changes to the NHL.  One of the things they asked him about was
> if there would be smaller pads for the goalies and he seemed pretty sure
> that was going to be one of the changes. I have heard that goalie pads
> are getting bigger but I don't know how it is that they get around size
> restrictions.
>
> Harry likes the idea of changing the lines but it doesn't sound like it
> is in college hockey.  He was saying that removing the lines would
> remove off-sides.
>
> It did irritate me when they were saying that college hockey wasn't as
> good as the NHL.  Obviously they don't watch college hockey.  Also they
> said that to have a good rivalry you need to play the team a lot.  We
> don't play Clarkson more than anyone else in the ECACHL and it is still
> a pretty serious rivalry.
>
> Is hockey around the corner?  I miss it.
>
> Sara
> SLU '77
> Let's go SAINTS!!!
>
>
> Carol S. White wrote:
>
>> Here is an interesting tidbit from Charlie Walter's column (6/22/05)
>> in the St Paul Pioneer Press:
>>
>> Minnesota Wild president-general manager Doug Risebrough, speaking
>> Tuesday at the Minnesota Associated Press Sports Association annual
>> meeting in Minneapolis, on the possibility of the National Hockey League
>> reducing the size of goaltenders' equipment: "Everyone's got a goalie
>> coach now. They don't need bigger equipment, except all the goalie
>> coaches are telling them how to make their equipment bigger.
>>
>> "Goalies have been cheating for years. Nobody wanted to confront them.
>> First of all, they're temperamental. They're the spoiled child right
>> down to the 'T.' I understand that they're the ones who get blamed when
>> the (other) team scores a goal, so it's a combination of their
>> temperament and the position they play. But they've been cheating for
>> years."
>>
>> Any comments?
>>
>> I have heard lots of complaints of the pads being too big, but not
>> knowing exactly how big/large they are supposed to be, I have no
>> idea.... some goalie's pads do "look" bigger than others....
>>
>> Carol
>> GO Gophers!!!
>>
>>
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