Joe LaCour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> There were no Divisions back then.  Everybody played "equally".  You get
> some very strange looking scores and records from the early days.  The old
> Tri State league (50's) had Clarkson, St. Lawrence, RPI, Middlebury and a
> few others.
>
> I'd almost like to see the NCAA separate records prior to 1948
> (start of the
> tournament) and after.  But when, exactly, does the "modern" era start for
> college hockey?
>
> Joe

I think that Joe hit it right on the head, the Modern Era begins with the
start of the NCAA tourney.

The other original members of the Tri-State League were Colgate and
Williams.

Ralph Baer
RPI '68, '70, '74