One aspect that has not been mentioned in the anecdotal comments about the positive references back to the colleges/universitys of NHL players is that Gary Thorne is now doing a lot of the games for ESPN & ABC I believe. As many know, he is from Old Town Maine, educated & trained as a lawyer, and (I think) was able to work with one of the announcers in Washington, D.C. with the Caps while in law school. He did the radio games for the University of Maine for many years, and I remember his comments from years back concerning his "love" of the booth. I enjoy his calling of the games and would suggest much of the credit for references to college hockey should be to Gary (we have never met but I feel we have). Those interested in promoting college hockey, etc. to the national audience might want to write Gary directly and thank him for his support! Terry May