>>>>> " " == Mike Machnik <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
 > At 1:09 AM -0500 12/4/96, Billy Lustgarten wrote:
>> Are Colgate's Mike Harder and Shep Harder related?  Would seem
>> weird that one if a forward and the other a goalie, but Harder isn't
>> exactly a common name.
 
 > They are definitely not brothers...Shep is from Minnesota and Mike is from
 > Manitoba.  I'd doubt they are related but I guess you never know.  However,
 > the Colgate media guide does not say they are related.
 
Harder is a much more common name than you might imagine.  It is a
German name, derived from "herder," as in a shepherd.
 
-Alan Harder
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 Go Blue!
 
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