Just some miscellaneous ramblings from the great white north...
 
 
From today's St. Lawrence Plaindealer (Canton, NY):
 
   ALLAIN OKAY - ...
   St. Lawrence University Sports Information Director Wally Johnson
   said sophomore Mike Allain suffered only a stinger - a whiplash
   type injury to the neck - after he took a heavy hit into the boards
   from Cornell's Shaun Hannah.
 
   "He was back at the hotel minutes after the team was.  He'll be ready
   for the NCAAs.  It looked a lot worse than it really was because of
   the precautions they took," Johnson noted.
 
 
From the not as fortunate department in today's
Watertown Daily Times:
 
An extensive article today about North Country native Mike McNamara,
the 21-year old Elmira College sophomore from Potsdam, NY seriously
injured this past weekend:
 
   McNamara was an honorable mention All-North pick after his senior
   year for Potsdam in 1989.  A tri-captain that year, he tallied
   23 goals with 31 assists for 54 points.
   ...
   It's been a difficult season for McNamara, who had a hernia operation
   before the season and, in his first game on Nov. 16, suffered a
   separated shoulder that left him sidelined until Jan. 6  He played in
   16 games and still managed eight goals and 4 assists for 12 points.
 
   "He's just a hard-working kid who never questioned anything,"
   Thomaris (Elmira head coach) said.  "He's just a super kid.  If
   you could have 20 Mike McNamaras on your team, I think anybody
   would want that."
 
 
 
Here's an interesting question for the historians out there -
 
Anybody remember a team winning two games on the same
day, as St. Lawrence did this past Saturday winning
at 12:14 am and again at about 7:30 pm ??
 
I'd be interested to hear the circumstances leading up
to such an occurrence, if its happened before.
 
 
Timothy J. Danehy
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