In article <[log in to unmask]>, Ralph Baer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >Actually, more than eight players from RPI's 1984-85 team played >professionally, although eight played in the NHL. Besides for Oates >and Puppa whom Jack mentioned, these are John Carter, Mike Dark, Tim >Friday, Ken Hammond, Kraig Nienhuis, and George Servinis. I know that >Maurice Mansi played professionally in Italy because he was on the >Italian Olympic team. Jeff Prendergast played in the minors. I have >been told that Terry Butryn, Mark Jooris, and Neil Hernberg have also >played overseas. (Jooris was also on the Canadian National team for a >while.) I am interested if anyone can add to this, if any of the >other members of the 1985 team eventually played professionally. > Mark Jooris played a few games in the AHL in 1987-88; since he finished at RPI after the 1985-86 season, he must have played somewhere else for the 1986-87 season - perhaps Europe? Moe Mansi played in the AHL & IHL in 1988-89. Jeff Prendegast played in the AHL & IHL in 1986-87. It is interesting to note that none of these players played in the lesser hockey leagues at the time, the Atlantic Coast League or the All America Hockey League; these leagues were the equivalent of the ECHL today - many college players who weren't good enough for the professional developmental leagues. They may have played in the Continental Hockey League, which is kind of a mystery league, but I haven't ever seen stats or records from that particular league. Actually, a player named Mike Dark showed up in the Colonial League during the 1991-92 season; he played about 4 games. I imagine it is the same Mike Dark that went to RPI. Ralph [log in to unmask]