Glen Keeney writes...
> A contributing factor to LSSU success is player age. JohnH had a post
>earlier in the year with team ages. LSSU players recently have been some
>two years older than at least some other teams (I believe his comments
>mentioned freshmen in particular.
>
> I don't have the data, but if I remember correctly MSU had the "youngest"
>team in the CCHA in '92-93' and Michigan in '93-;94.
I believe that this is correct...Michigan and Michigan State
have two of the youngest teams in the country. As for
freshmen, I did a quick comparison of Michigan and Lake Superior:
BASED ON 1993-94 CCHA MEDIA GUIDE
AGE DISTRIBUTION AS OF 2 APRIL 1994 [AGE TRUNCATED TO YEARS]
AVERAGE AGE OF NINE MICHIGAN TRUE FRESHMEN 18.56 YEARS
AVERAGE AGE OF EIGHT LAKE SUPERIOR TRUE FRESHMEN 20.00 YEARS
NOT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:
Scott McCabe [19]
Gino Pulente [20]
Paul Sass [21st birthday]
Gerald Tallaire [22]
McCabe, Pulente and Sass were all redshirt freshmen and
Tallaire was in his first season but with sophomore eligibility
status.
John H
U Mich