[log in to unmask] (James Endress) wrote: > >1. If two great Western players are are for it and one >very good Eastern player then the eastern player will >win because the western votes are split. First, there are ten finalists for the Hobey, so this argument does not work. Second, I would like to believe that the voters for the Hobey are not so East vs West (or league vs league), and that they vote for the best college player, regardless of where the school is located. Also, in the 14 year history of the award the 2 western conferences have 8 winners to 6 for the 2 eastern conferences. Furthermore, the east had only 3 winners vs 7 for the west prior to 1991 (when the first of three players in a row from Hockey East won). Actually, by conference the WCHA is still the hands down winner with 6 (equalling the 6 won by the east). Hockey East and the ECAC have 3 each, with the CCHA trailing with only 2. By school, UMD and Harvard have 3 each, Maine and Minnesota have 2 each, four schools have one each and 34 schools have no winners. So, a new question: What are promational budgets for hockey at each school? Sean Pickett - Go BU Terriers, 1994 Hockey East Champions! [log in to unmask]