>>>>> " " == Dave Hendrickson <[log in to unmask]> writes: >> Is there another state with as many highly regarded >> hockey programs as Michigan? > Well... yeah. Massachusetts has Boston University, Northeastern, > Boston College, Merrimack, UMass-Lowell, UMass-Amherst within its > borders. Not that my list of Michigan Div 1 programs were all nationally-ranked teams, but you've named some arguably no-name (nationally-speaking) colleges here. Or am I wrong on this? > UNH and Providence are barely outside its borders and > arguably feed on the same talent pool. Of course, Michigan is only a stone's throw from Ohio and Wisconsin, so I guess you could say Michigan programs have to fight it out with Wisconsin, Miami, Bowling Green, etc. Of course, claiming that that might be somewhat of a stretch. > In fact, one could argue > that Maine is the only Hockey East member that is not within the > Massachusetts sphere. And even Maine gets a lot of Mass players. > I don't have their roster this year, but from last year's roster > you can find 8 Massachusetts players: Andy Silverman, Dave > MacIssac, Mike Ray, Chuck Texeira, Tim Lovell, Brad Mahoney, Cal > Ingraham, and Trevor Roenick. And you can definitely add Jamie > Thompson for this year. > DaveH Making the whole thing even worse for eastern teams is that the talent pool of Massachusetts players that know how to pronounce their R's is incredibly tiny! ;-) -Alan Harder [log in to unmask] Go Blue! The above commentary, which does not *even* represent the opinion of the American Mathematical Society, is sold by weight, not by volume. Some settling of the contents may have occurred during shipping.