I join Hockey-L and the general hockey community in bidding a very fond, yet
sad adieu to Tom Mees. In short, he was the catalyst for my interest and
excitement towards college hockey.
 
Growing up in Hawaii, I had no exposure to the sport. The only games I had
seen in my entire life were the games at the Lake Placid Olympics; but, I
was 10 at the time, and nobody in the house knew what the heck icing was,
when faceoffs were called, blah blah blah.
 
In the spring of my senior year of high school, I knew I was heading off to
Boston University, but had no idea of what kind of hockey tradition the
school had. Heck, I didn't know that there even was such as thing as NCAA
Division 1 Hockey.
 
That spring however, I watched the NCAA championships on ESPN, after hearing
that "hockey was big in New England, you better learn a little bit about
it." Tom Mees produced a 5 or 10 minute piece on the "tradition" of college
hockey, citing (among others such as Cornell, Wisconsin, Michigan, etc) that
the Boston area has some of the richest hockey history. Once he brought up
the Beanpot and the BU-BC rivalry, I knew right then that I would become a
rabid hockey fan of not just the Terriers, but of college hockey in general.
 
I was hooked, without ever seeing ice or snow in my life.
 
 
Thank you, Tom Mees.
 
 
greenie
 
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Jason Greene                                               [log in to unmask]
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