In response to Kris's request for other hockey news groups, there is
rec.sport.hockey, as Wayne mentioned but there is also another one on
netnews called alt.sports.hockey.nhl.hford-whalers.  I personally don't
subscribe to it but I ran across it one day in a list of newsgroups.
Have fun!
 
-Tamara Wainer '95
Brandeis University