I'm finally retired (72) but I sure would take a T-shirt. Can't tell  
you how long I've belonged but it's got to be close to the 20. I  
would be proud to wear that T-shirt during our annual (this will be  
#51) trip to Duluth.

On Apr 27, 2010, at 5:57 PM, Carol White wrote:

> I'll need more than two votes to get the artistic juices flowing  
> again!!!
>
> But if there are some serious folks out there I will do some cost  
> estimates
> and see what I can do.
>
>
> Carol
> GO Gophers!!!
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:32 PM, TODD NIELSON  
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> I'll take one!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Roy" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: Almost old enough to vote - Hockey-L turns 20
>>
>>
>>> How about a t-shirt sale to celebrate the event?
>>>
>>> Bob Roy, UW Alum
>>>
>>> ---- Wayne Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Today is the 20th anniversary of Hockey-L!   Twenty years ago,   
>>>> Mike
>> Machnik
>>>> and a great team of fans from around college hockey, having  
>>>> created the
>>>> aptly named the College_Hockey mailing list a couple of years  
>>>> earlier,
>>>> turned hosting over to "maine.edu", later to be "lists.maine.edu".
>>>> "college_hockey" grew out "news"/"NetNews" hockey groups that  
>>>> had more
>> than
>>>> a little childish ranting and was dominated by pro hockey  
>>>> discussions.
>>>>
>>>> With Listserv as the distribution software and lots of energy  
>>>> from many
>>>> people, Hockey-L grew rapidly from the several dozen core  
>>>> contributors
>> to
>>>> many thousands of readers at its peak.  Hockey-L had about 3000
>> subscribers
>>>> and half a dozen or so redistributions, mostly on various campus
>> NetNews
>>>> groups. At this peak, we had hundreds of posts per day in- 
>>>> season.  I'd
>> spend
>>>> a couple of hours per day putting together a daily compendium,  
>>>> leaving
>> out
>>>> the crud ... that was the only way to keep many of the readers  
>>>> we were
>>>> trying to attract (movers and shakers, administrators, coaches,
>> players).
>>>> My secretary would put together a weekly compendium of posts she
>> thought
>>>> Shawn Walsh might want to see, and whenever we played a team we  
>>>> didn't
>> know
>>>> much about, I'd put together a packet on them for Shawn.  He'd read
>> them
>> on
>>>> the bus/plane a week ahead of the game.  For other stories and
>>>> recollections, see the Hockey-L archives at
>>>> http://lists.maine.edu/archives/hockey-l.html
>>>>
>>>> Today, the redistributions are gone and Listserv creates its  
>>>> digests
>>>> automatically for those that want it, and in several formats ...  
>>>> but
>> with
>>>> the decrease in volume of posts and with the filtering enjoyed  
>>>> by most
>>>> people's e-mail client, it's hardly needed.
>>>>
>>>> Some of the college hockey web sites of today have writers that  
>>>> once
>> wrote
>>>> on Hockey-L.  It's great to see they found a way to make some money
>> while
>>>> exercising their talent for writing and passion for college hockey.
>> There
>>>> probably isn't a D-I rink in the land without a few current or  
>>>> former
>>>> Hockey-Lers in attendance. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Wayne
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Carol S. White
>  * ~ * ~ * ~ *
> There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness,  
> but of
> power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They  
> are the
> messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of  
> unspeakable
> love. -  Washington Irving
>
> "The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the  
> dreams
> shall never die. " - Edward Kennedy
>