>>>>> " " == Dave Hendrickson <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>> Is there another state with as many highly regarded
>> hockey programs as Michigan?
> Well... yeah. Massachusetts has Boston University, Northeastern,
> Boston College, Merrimack, UMass-Lowell, UMass-Amherst within its
> borders.
Not that my list of Michigan Div 1 programs were all nationally-ranked
teams, but you've named some arguably no-name (nationally-speaking)
colleges here. Or am I wrong on this?
> UNH and Providence are barely outside its borders and
> arguably feed on the same talent pool.
Of course, Michigan is only a stone's throw from Ohio and Wisconsin,
so I guess you could say Michigan programs have to fight it out with
Wisconsin, Miami, Bowling Green, etc. Of course, claiming that that
might be somewhat of a stretch.
> In fact, one could argue
> that Maine is the only Hockey East member that is not within the
> Massachusetts sphere. And even Maine gets a lot of Mass players.
> I don't have their roster this year, but from last year's roster
> you can find 8 Massachusetts players: Andy Silverman, Dave
> MacIssac, Mike Ray, Chuck Texeira, Tim Lovell, Brad Mahoney, Cal
> Ingraham, and Trevor Roenick. And you can definitely add Jamie
> Thompson for this year.
> DaveH
Making the whole thing even worse for eastern teams is that the talent
pool of Massachusetts players that know how to pronounce their R's is
incredibly tiny! ;-)
-Alan Harder
[log in to unmask]
Go Blue!
The above commentary, which does not *even* represent the opinion of
the American Mathematical Society, is sold by weight, not by volume.
Some settling of the contents may have occurred during shipping.
|