On Tue, 22 Nov 1994, Charles A. Baldwin wrote: > > Listening to the Cornell-Harvard game last Friday, it occurred to > >me that I can't remember a single Harvard player other than Aaron Israel > >who has left Harvard to turn pro before graduating > > Ted Drury. Then there was Chris Biotti a real promising freshman left after > '87. I don't know if he got anywhere. > > I was always unclear on Ed Krayer as well: it seemed that he should have had > another year, though this was complicated by academic questions as well. > Biotti was a victim of his lofty status as a first round draft pick and the previous troubles that Harvard players had experienced going from college to the pros. After seeing the Fusco brothers fail to develop into NHL players, the Flames put a lot of pressure on Biotti to turn pro or let his talents "waste away" in Bright. They, of course, had to justify their choice. As someone wrote, however, Biotti never got much further than Salt Lake City. With the NHL success of Ted Donato and Don Sweeney in recent years, the Harvard stigma has, I think, been diminished if not eliminated. Regarding Krayer, I don't know much about his situation, but I'll never forget his "squibber" slipping into the net from the right side in OT in the 1989 finals. (Sorry, Gopher fans.) P.Martin