Charles Baldwin writes: >Former Harvard Coach Bill Cleary was >constantly quoted as saying that the Olympics should be the pinnacle of a >hockey player's career, and he constantly encouraged his players to try to >go to the Olympics--while not discouraging their return (remember: Cleary was >the leading scorer of the '60 gold medal winning team). True, but that has to be taken with a grain of salt since Cleary is the consummate anti-professional. It seems that for him, hockey does not exist if it's not amateur. I've often wondered if his views had any effect on some of Harvard's better players having bypassed the NHL or not stuck around for long. Many times, I have heard or read him quoted on the evils of the NHL. --- --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93 <<<<<< Color Voice of the (7-7-1) Merrimack Warriors WCCM 800 AM >>>>>>