Keith says: >Again, "The Nation's Newspaper" has college hockey news. On page 14C of >10/19's edition is an article about Alabama-Huntsville's hockey >program. The interesting thing I got out of this was that the UAH club team used to draw 6,000 for games with club teams from Auburn, Tennessee, Alabama, etc. Now that they've stepped up to the big-time, they draw only 3,500 (still pretty impressive for a non-hockey hotbed). There's also a report on two Alaska-Anchorage players who face charges of assault and trespassing stemming from a fight at a local nightclub. The players are free on bail and are able to play. Their trial date is December 11. Rumors that the players are transfers from Lowell are unconfirmed... USA Today hockey writer Kevin Allen offered his boring choices for Hobey Baker & conference predictions (doesn't anyone have the guts to step out on a limb?): CCHA: 1. Michigan St WCHA: 1. North Dakota 2. Lake Superior 2. Northern Michigan 3. Michigan 3. Minnesota 4. Bowling Green 4. Wisconsin 5. Ohio St 5. Minnesota-Duluth 6. Western Michigan 6. Denver 7. Miami 7. Colorado College 8. Ferris St 8. St Cloud 9. Illinois-Chicago 9. Michigan Tech ECAC: 1. Cornell Hockey East: 1. Boston University 2. RPI 2. Maine 3. Clarkson 3. Boston College 4. Colgate 4. Providence 5. St Lawrence 5. New Hampshire 6. Harvard 6. Northeastern 7. Vermont 7. Merrimack 8. Princeton 8. Lowell 9. Brown 10. Dartmouth 11. Yale 12. Army Hobey: 1. Jim Dowd, C, Lake Superior 2. David Emma, C, Boston College 3. Tony Amonte, RW, Boston University 4. Joe Juneau, C, RPI 5. Scott LaGrand, G, Boston College I'm not sure if these are in order or not. I fail to understand why these people don't rate Steve Heinze very highly. >If the USA Today keeps up a one-article-per-day pace, I promise to stop >telling you about every single one. Not likely. But it is a promising start. By the way, folks, with Keith covering the CCHA so well, Bill & others handling the ECAC, and myself & hopefully others giving you Hockey East news, I was wondering if anyone might be able to take on the WCHA. The most important thing is scores, and updated standings would also be great. It's hard to get this info in the East without waiting for The Hockey News to hit my mailbox each week. Also, if anyone would like to give weekly standings/scores from any of the Division III leagues around the country, that would be fantastic. I tried to send out ECAC East/West/ North/South info last year when I could, but it's very hard to give fans of those leagues the info they want when so much of my time is taken up with Hockey East & other Div. I stuff. For Eastern Div. III fans, The Boston Globe has most ECAC III scores every day and will publish standings at least every Tuesday. Finally, Hockey East Media Day will be next Wednesday at the Boston Garden's Blades and Boards club, and I hope to be able to make it & give a report later in the day so Keith can complain about the preseason all-star teams again. - mike