Glad to finally get all that backed up hockey-l mail Saturday! Sorry 'bout posting the THIRD list of Olympic team memebers; I didn't yet realize that I wasn't receiving everyone else's posts and thought no one had posted it yet! But now to the subject at hand: Brian Morris writes: > >Dave Langevin was a member of the victorious 1980 Lake Place Olympic team. A >true defensive defensemen Langevin anchored the NY Islanders'defense through >several Stanley Cup seasons, until his knees forced retirement. Langevin >played collegiately at, I believe, Minnesota. > _ No, Langevin was NOT on the 1980 team, and, as someone (I think it was Gary Hatfield) already mentioned, he went to Minnesota-Duluth. Mike Machnick writes: >mentioned, but maybe someone can expound. I was also wondering, will >Kelley become the first US college coach enshrined in the HoF? >--- Well, John Mariucci and Bob Johnson immediately come to mind, (although one could argue that Mariucci was inducted because of his exploits as a player, also), and last year's inductees were Len Ceglarski, Amo Bessone, and Jim Fullerton, all former college coaches (at BC, Mich St., and Brown, I believe). I'll include here parts of the article from the Strib about this year's inductees: From Saturday's Mpls Star-Tribune (the front page!): Peanuts on ice Charles Schulz and gang skate into U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame by John Gilbert Staff Writer All those years of battling Woodstock in one-on-one games on the frozen bird-bath have finally paid off. Snoopy is going into the U. S. Hockey Hall of Fame. OK, not Snoopy precisely, but close enough: Charles M. Schulz, creator of Snoopy and the "Peanuts" cartoon strip, has been voted into the hall, which is located in Eveleth, Minn. He will join former college and pro coach John H. (Jack) Kelley and former player and St. Paul native Dave Langevin for induction at the October ceremony. The announcement was made Friday. The captivating cartoons have made Snoopy a universally recognized hockey player, but Schulz also advanced the sport of hockey by taking some of Minnesota with him to California, where he built the Redwood Empire Arena in 1969. Last month, 56 over-40 teams competed there in the 19th annual seniors tournament. (I've omitted here several paragraphs of reminiscences of boyhood hockey in St. Paul, including watching the Hansen brothers play in 1935 - Pam) Langevin, 39, is a St. Paul native who went from Hazel Park (a St. Paul neighborhood - PJS) to star on defense at Hill-Murray, and then for Minnesota-Duluth. Langevin played three years with the Edmonton Oilers of the WHA, then six seasons with the New York Islanders, including a substantial role on defense during the Islanders' four consecutive Stanley Cups of 1980 through '83. Langevin later played a year for the North Stars and finished his career with a partial season in Los Angeles before his right knee gave out. He went into coaching after that, and currently is coach and general manager of the South St. Paul team in a newly formed Minnesota junior league. Kelley, 66, coached three years at Colby College and 10 years at Boston University, then went on to become coach and general manager of the Hartford Whalers when the World Hockey Association began in 1972. Kelley's Boston U. teams won the NCAA title in 1971 and 1972, losing only six games in those two seasons while becoming the last college team to win back-to-back titles. HIs Whalers won the AVCO Cup as WHA champs in 1973. His college teams had a combined 303-147-13 record, and his pro teams were 77-55-6. He was named president of the Pittsburgh Penguins this summer. But the inductions of Kelly [sic] and Langevin won't command the attention of a cartoonist and his dog. "Peanuts" has been distributed to newspapers since 1950, when United Features Syndicate bought the strip. A forerunner of the cartoon, called "Li'l Folks," ran for two years before that in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Its best-known sports theme over the years has centered on the exploits of Charlie Brown's baseball team, which made headlines in March when it won for the first time. In the hockey sequences, Schulz said: "I have Snoopy playing against Woodstock on the birdbath. But it's difficult to cartoon hockey, because there is so much action." (end of article) Pam Sweeney Go Gophers!!! 1993 WCHA Playoff Champions!!! 4 Days Until Mariucci Grand Opening!!!