At least in today's snowy backwoods of Maine, it does seem to this observer that we're getting a good dose of great college hockey recently... Sports Channel New England -- I've recently watched delayed broadcasts of the Michigan/Michigan State and LSSU/Vermont games. Both great games. The referee in the Michigan/Michigan State game was Piotrowski ... easily my favorite ref over the years ... Prime had him "miked" and allowed us to hear much of the on-ice banter ... good going Prime! WABU(TV68)/(&Prime?)/(Maine Ch2&6 delayed broadcast) -- The BU/Maine championship of the Great Western freezeout. Comments on HOCKEY-L on the quality of WABU broadcasts were right on target ... excellent! Mike Eruzione is the best color commentator anywhere. Even though this was a BU broadcast, knowledge and recognition of Maine players was excellent. I hope they work former Bangor and Portland sports guy Howard Green (roving reporter) into future broadcasts some more. Replays and graphics were excellent. Bangor WZON (AM62) -- This is the first year of WZON doing Maine ice hockey ... but they've gone at it expertly and with passion. Play-by-play Joe Carr and color analyst Joe Clark know hockey, but just as importantly, they can transmit the flow and excitement of the game to the listener. Joe Carr, a veteran HOCKEY-L participant, makes sure the Maine fan has a good understanding of the rest of college hockey and Maine's place in it. They do all Maine home and away games (away games such as at AK and CA with different announcers). Both the Alaska announcer and the Freezeout announcer (from Princeton?) were good, but made me thankful for our duo. By the way, WZON has expanded the "expected" 15 minute pre-game show to a half hour. Joe Carr does a wonderful job with this segment. Following the normal post-game wrap-up is a call-in show with Coach Shawn Walsh and WZON's Dale Duff ... arguably the best interviewer in the area. Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving Holiday as much as I did ... Wayne Smith The College Hockey Discussion List administrator Systems Group - CAPS BITNET/CREN: wts@maine University of Maine System internet: [log in to unmask]