A quick introduction: my name is Connie Felde and I have been a passive participant of Hockey-L since April. I reside in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. I have had Gopher season hockey tickets for the seven previous seasons. This year we decided to use the money to buy a house instead. Previously, I had been at UMD fan for six seasons (by the way Brett Hull never played in a NCAA final four). At any rate I have been prompted to write by some articles in recent issues of Sports Illustrated. I realize many of you do not bother with this magazine since it gives no coverage to college hockey. However, it has had some stories lately that may be of interest. In the November 8 issue, there was an article in the Scorecard section about the Cal Ingraham situation. I will not bother to give the details as it was covered much better on the Hockey-L. In the November 22 issue, there is an article in the Sports People section about "The Ferraro Brothers". It is really nothing that dedicated fans of college hockey do not know. It was just surprising to see the coverage. In the December 6 issue, there is an extended story "A Cruel Blow". It is the story of an Italian hockey player, Jim Boni, whom slashed another player, Miran Schrott, and killed him. Now Boni faces manslaughter charges. I will not go into details as it is a fairly long article, however it raises some very interesting topics. I think any hockey fan will be outraged by the whole situation. Hope I did not waste too much bandwidth. It has been very informative reading the Hockey-L. Connie Felde