In a message dated 96-12-01 15:50:57 EST, you write:
 
<< > 12) Speaking of new jersies, how about the kids from New Jersey?
Everyone
 > seems to have a good one. Princeton has two, not surprisingly, in J.P. and
 > Michael Acosta. Prestifilippo is another. Jeff Brow is scoring goals for
 > Yale. Then look at all the Lawrenceville kids, including Erik Johnson at
UNH.
 > Hockey in the Garden State has come a long way in the last 10 years.
 
 This is great for hockey in general -- but I'm trying to figure out why New
 Jersey is so far ahead of the curve when compared to Pennsylvania and
Southern
 New York. >>
 
 
I've got no hard facts on this, but I am under the impression that South
Jersey has more rinks than the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania.  All and
all, Princeton is the only college playing Division I in the area. Of course
Pennsylvania has produced in the past, Mike Richter being the most notable
example.
 
                                         - Bill Black
                                            Maine '81
 
P.S. - I convinced my neighbors that they had to see the Princeton-Vermont
game. We're bringing all our kids, so try and keep the obscene chants to a
minimum, or we'll be forced to takeour kids to NHL games where we only need
to explain the fighting.
 
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