A couple of corrections to recent postings concerning St. Lawrence's past and future hockey fortunes - Bill's posting of THN's ECAC outlook included the following for SLU: (sorry I haven't figured out how to quote directly) 6. St. Lawrence Saints (15-6-1) The top eight scorers from last season are gone, leaving center Michael Allain and wingers Spencer Meany, Gerard Verbeek, and John Massoud to lead a depleted offense. However, the play of goaltender Paul Spagno- letti could help the Saints bounce right back. True - The SLU offense has been depleted by the loss of ECAC Player of the Year Laperriere, 2 Lappins, 2 LaCroixs, and Chris Wells - but I believe they only lost one other player (Ted Dent) who scored any goals at all. Missing from the list of returnees were this year's captain Greg Carvel and asst. captain Lee Albert (who has somehow managed to jump from being a soph. last year to a senior now). Carvel and Albert were both in the top 7 for Saint scoring last year and figure to be the number one line (probably adding a freshman winger) this year. That would likely leave Allain centering for Meany and either Verbeek or Massoud as the second line. No doubt goals will be tougher to come by this year, but it's not quite as dire as THN makes out. Is the accuracy of THN's facts as questionable for the other teams? Spagnoletti on the other hand may have a tougher time - losing Laperrire (arguably SLU's all-time best defenseman), his partner Chris Lappin, and a great penalty killer in Chris Wells will likely mean more difficult chances for Spags to handle. A couple of postings have listed Laperierre as "playing in Peoria" for the Blues farm team. I believe however that he is still in St. Louis - I know I saw his name in a box score earlier this week. It will be interesting to see how the SLU power play adjusts to his absence. Last year they essentially played a 1-2-2 with Laperriere mostly alone as "quarterback" at the blue line, rather than the 2-1-or 2-3 with 2 point men that most teams use. I don't believe that anyone on this year's roster has instincts like Laperriere for doing that. An observation from THN's "Freshmen to Watch" lists - of the 20 players listed there are only 2 defensemen and 2 goalies. Is that because centers and wings have more noticable stats or is there really some case for defensive players being less likely to have a big impact as freshmen? Just for the record - I'll nominate SLU freshman defenseman Jeff Kungle. Robin Lock St. Lawrence University