> I saw something interesting in the Boston Globe this morning that might > be a possible explanation (or just something more to talk about) for the > poor showing of Eastern teams in this years' hockey tournament. > The large majortiy of the Olympic Team this year was from eastern colleges > and universitites. Obviously, they had to be good players to make the > team, so these were players that their former college teams were very much > missing. > I'm just tossing this up for debate, I'm not saying that I necessarily > agree with this point of view, but it makes for good fodder while waiting > for the final tomorrow nite. > > -Barry You need to consider both the USA and Canadian teams, since I think some of the Canadian team players we US college players. However, I think a fair number of the olympic team players had already graduated and couldn't play this year anyway. You'd have to go through the olympic team rosters, both final rosters and mid-season rosters since players who did not make the final team were lost to college teams for most or all of the season. Since I don't have this info, I won't speculate. Derek Snyder GE Corporate Research & Development Schenectady, NY [log in to unmask]