On Fri, 18 Nov 1994, Dave Hendrickson wrote: > Ray Curran wrote: > > > > I'll agree with you there based on people from my area who are now > > playing hockey in both conferences. Three people that were average (at > > best) students academically went to Maine, New Hampshire, and > > Northeastern to play hockey, while someone who was fifth in his class > > needed to go to prep school for a year before going to Yale, > > I won't get into the rest of the argument, but it should be pointed out that > the vast majority of hockey players who "prep" for a year do so to improve > their hockey, not their scholastics. One can assume that that was the case > with this student. Prepping or not is most often irrelevant in the argument. > > DaveH > You are correct in that case, he had a tough senior year in high school where his surrounding cast was not very supportive. Ray