Union's 1992 recruiting class includes more Western players than ever before. Coach Delventhal has announced that nine players - three defensemen and six forwards - will join the Dutchmen next season. Union Hockey 1992 Recruits: Scott Boyd D 5-10 170 Calgary, Alberta Reid Simonton D 6-1 180 Calgary, Alberta Shane Holunga D 5-11 185 Snow Lake, Manitoba Alex Vallee RW 6-1 185 Wexford, Ontario Brad Kukko C,LW 5-8 175 Thunder Bay, Ont. Chris Sears LW 5-10 160 Ottawa Chris Hancock RW 5-11 180 Craig Provancal LW 5-11 185 Tabor Academy John McDonald RW 6-3 190 Madison, Wis. Union will graduate a group of 8 seniors this year who were the foundation of this year's team. The Dutchmen went 3-21-1 in their first season of Division I hockey. They will be losing forwards Dalton Menhall, Rick Clifford, Bill Railton, Tim Cregan, Craig Ferrero, and Rick Burchill, defenseman Scott Whitney, and goalie Shayne White. Coach Delventhal believes that this recruiting class has the potential to replace this group of seniors, which was possibly Union's best class to come through the program so far. A few notes on some of the recruits: Boyd is a former defensive partner of Union's Dean Goulet, who just completed his freshmen season. Boyd had 8 goals and 32 assists in 55 games for the Calgary Royals Junior A team, but collected 136 penalty minutes. Simonton also had 136 penalty minutes for the Calgary Canucks Junior A team, while scoring 6 goals and 22 points. Delventhal described Provencal as "our new Dalton Menhall." Vallee missed part of last season, but still scored 20 goals. Kukko had 21 goals, 28 assists, in 33 games for the Thunder Bay Junior A team. Sears had 35 goals, 50 assists, in 52 games for the Ottawa Senators. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jim Teresco Union College | | [log in to unmask] Schenectady, NY 12308 | | [log in to unmask] Owner/GM - Amsterdam Ice-9 of the BBL | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------