Odds and Ends about Collegians in the NHL, the 1993 Hall-of-Fame game, the new arena, Gophers' broadcasts, and St. Cloud St recruits: Recently there's been discussion about the first college players to go on to the NHL. No one has mentioned John Mariucci, the legendary Minnesota hockey player/coach who played for the Blackhawks in the 1940's. Or you could count former Gopher coach Doc Romnes' year at St. Thomas College before playing in the NHL from 1930-1940. This item about the U. S. Hockey Hall-of-Fame game is from Sid Hartman's column in last Friday's (5/14/93) Star-Tribune: Gophers hockey coach Doug Woog is campaigning to move the Oct. 15 game with Michigan Tech from Eveleth (for a Hall of Fame celebration) to the new Mariucci Arena. "It would be a fitting tribute to John Mariucci, a member of the Hall of Fame," Woog said. I don't know if the people in Eveleth will stand for that or not. Maybe for the very first game in the new arena named after their native son... Again, for the benefit of the Tech people who read this, I'll include the disclaimer that Sid has been referred to as "Scud" in reference to both his volume and his accuracy -- or lack thereof -- especially in hockey matters. That gives me a chance to mention that the glass facade was completed yesterday at the main entrance to the new Mariucci Arena. Looks pretty impressive! It was finished sometime between my busride to the Mpls campus at 11:50 and my busride back to the St. Paul campus at 1:30 (the intercampus bus goes by the construction site)- no long lunch breaks on this project! In the same paper (in Jon Roe's Broadcast Sports column) there was more speculation about Gopher hockey broadcast changes in the wake of the Stars' departure: radio coverage moving to KSTP (which carried North Stars' games) or WCCO from KFAN (whose Timberwolves commitments caused many games to be carried on an alternate station) and greater *FREE* TV coverage now that KMSP (which carried only 6 games last year, the rest being on cable) will no longer have North Stars games. From the S'trib a week or two ago: Three metro hockey players -- Mike Maristuen of Roseville, Dave Paradise of Shoreview, and Cory Peterson of Bloomington Jefferson -- have signed letters of intent to play at St. Cloud State University. The article doesn't say, but I THINK all three are forwards. Paradise spent the last year (2 years??) with the St. Paul Vulcans of the USHL juniors. I believe he's also the son of one of the Paradise brothers who played for the Gophers in the late 60s. Peterson played on the undefeated two-time state champion Jefferson team with Gopher recruits Nick Checco and Brian LeFleur (as well as this year's Gopher rookie-of-the-year, Dan Trebil). Pam Sweeney Go Gophers!!! 1993 WCHA Playoff Champions!!!