For those who are interested in the continuing hockey careers of former college players: The local newspaper provided the following morsels and tidbits (due to recent events unrelated to hockey but quite familiar to any Marquette list members I'm a bit skeptical about things reported in our local sheet, but . . . ) Jim Hiller spent three weeks with the L.A. Kings and seems to have greatly enjoyed the experience. From the story it wasn't clear whether he ever got on the ice for a game, but I don't think he did. He did include a nice little story about sitting in a hot tub with Wayne Gretzky at Gretzky's place, looking over the lights of the big city and talking hockey. Jim is continuing his course work at NMU and is looking forward to next season in the pros; he seems confident now, after practicing (at least) with the Kings that he can play in the NHL at some point. Dallas Drake was reported two days ago as being very close to signing a good-sized contract with the Red Wings. (However he said reports around town that he had taken out a $45,000 loan to buy a Porsche were greatly exaggerated; he "only" bought a Dodge Stealth and the loan wasn't anything like $45K.) Scott Beattie continues to explore European contracts, as evidently do a couple of other recent Wildcat grads. *********************************** * Steve Christopher, NMU * * "Go 'Cats!''Goin' for it again in * * '93--With a little less "O" * * and a lot more "D"! * * [log in to unmask] * ***********************************