Just some miscellaneous ramblings from the great white north... From today's St. Lawrence Plaindealer (Canton, NY): ALLAIN OKAY - ... St. Lawrence University Sports Information Director Wally Johnson said sophomore Mike Allain suffered only a stinger - a whiplash type injury to the neck - after he took a heavy hit into the boards from Cornell's Shaun Hannah. "He was back at the hotel minutes after the team was. He'll be ready for the NCAAs. It looked a lot worse than it really was because of the precautions they took," Johnson noted. From the not as fortunate department in today's Watertown Daily Times: An extensive article today about North Country native Mike McNamara, the 21-year old Elmira College sophomore from Potsdam, NY seriously injured this past weekend: McNamara was an honorable mention All-North pick after his senior year for Potsdam in 1989. A tri-captain that year, he tallied 23 goals with 31 assists for 54 points. ... It's been a difficult season for McNamara, who had a hernia operation before the season and, in his first game on Nov. 16, suffered a separated shoulder that left him sidelined until Jan. 6 He played in 16 games and still managed eight goals and 4 assists for 12 points. "He's just a hard-working kid who never questioned anything," Thomaris (Elmira head coach) said. "He's just a super kid. If you could have 20 Mike McNamaras on your team, I think anybody would want that." Here's an interesting question for the historians out there - Anybody remember a team winning two games on the same day, as St. Lawrence did this past Saturday winning at 12:14 am and again at about 7:30 pm ?? I'd be interested to hear the circumstances leading up to such an occurrence, if its happened before. Timothy J. Danehy [log in to unmask]