On HOCKEY-L, we have talked about the sometimes nebulous practice of awarding assists. I noticed last night that our local paper is running a weekly column on high school hockey complete with stats of area teams and players. This is from memory. This week's column includes a discussion on assists including a note about a player for Haverhill (Mass.) HS, Adam Hackett, who had 10 assists in one game a couple of weeks ago. While Hackett's assists were said to be legitimate, reference is made to a recent tourney in which a certain team had two assists awarded on every goal (and they scored a lot of goals). I believe the writer either said he was at the game or hinted that he was there, and he basically questioned the way the assists were awarded. In response, the coach said something like, "I know those kids were out on the ice, and I'm sure they had to have been involved in the play somehow." Needless to say, I thought this was one of the most ridiculous things I have heard. I am going to have to dig up the quote and put it up on my wall or something. :-) --- --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93