Sean said: > On another note, the BU Alumni game may be a great one if the > NHL lockout continues beyond the 22nd. There are two ways of having an Alumni game -- either a team of alumni against the varsity or two teams of alumni against each other. When I was at RPI, the Alumni game was between the varsity and a team of alumni. I do not know which way it is done at BU. However, I doubt that the NC$$ permits college athletes to play gainst pros (even if they are currently locked out). Does anyone know for sure? On another topic, Gary said: > I also included "Drop the Puck"'s predictions in, to see how the > "publications" would do. I would also welcome entries based on TCHCR, > CHODR, and any other computer programs which may be out there. Although I am not familiar with the inner workings of TCHCR or CHODR, I don't think that either can make any predictions without data. That is, they need results of prior games, which we don't have yet. It would, however, be interesting to see a computer prediction of the standings. Is there any computer hockey simulation out there that can accept statistics of players on teams instead of just working with NHL players? I have not played any of the commercially available programs, so I do not know if this is possible. Anyway, there is little chance of being able to predict the necessary data on incoming freshmen. Ralph Baer RPI '68, '70, '74