>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=you wrote=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=< Seventeen schools are represented among the 21 players and three coaches chosen for the West squad. Two players each from Miami of Ohio, Michigan, Michigan State, and Minnesota-Duluth lead the talented squad, which also features five players from Division II-III schools. The three-man coaching staff is made up of Ron Mason, head coach at Michigan State University, Steve Nelson, head coach at Wisconsin-Superior, and Jim Knapp, assistant coach at Minnesota-Duluth. >=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=my reply=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=< Thank you for your service to HOCKEY-L and your many fine postings. Let me suggest one change in your terminology which will correct and enhance your contribution. The institution to which you incorrectly refer to as "Miami of Ohio" is Miami University. "Miami of Ohio" is one of those unfortunate terms inflicted upon us by the press and those who are not cognizant of U.S. history and geography. Miami is the second oldest public institution west of the Alleghenies. We were a university 36 years before Florida was a state!! The Miami Indians were in this valley for many years and their name adorns many town and geographic features--for example, the Miami Valley, Miamitown, Miamisburg, Miamiville, Miami County, and the Great Miami River, to name a few. In hockey, there is no confusion with the name Miami. The Hurricanes do not play CCHA hockey. Miami University in Oxford Ohio is the real Miami. Perhaps the other place should be known as "Miami of Florida." |\ /|| | Robert S. Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor | \ / || | Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Miami University | \ / || | Oxford, OH 45056-1641, (513) 529-3556, FAX: (513) 529-3841 | \/ | \______/ [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] If you don't know where you are going, then any road will get you there. Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall not be disappointed!