Apologies to Northern Michigan and/or Michigan Tech fans for my brain timeouts in my Badger Hockey Showdown posts. The Northern Michigan *WILDCATS* were participants, the Michigan Tech *HUSKIES* were lucky that they weren't :) :) :) I refered to the NMU team as both Wildcats and Huskies at various times as my stream of consciousness meandered hither and yon while I typed in my reports. I'll plead the lateness of the hour and euphoria following a two great evenings of hockey. Hey, when you only get to see three or four games a year, you kinda get caught up in the experience. :-) You'd have thought the big "W I L D C A T S" across the front of the NMU jerseys would have tipped me off... A couple of followups about the championship game. According to goal-scorer Jamie Spencer in today's paper, the Badgers' second goal went in off the leg of NMU netminder Dieter Kochan, not his skates as I guessed. A friend in Madison reported that the Wisconsin announcers were absolutely livid that the second NMU goal was allowed. They felt that it should have been waved off due to blatent interference with UW goalie Jim Carey. I hope all of you have a safe and prosperous 1994. Steve Manning (Looking forward to some toasted Bruin on Saturday!)