I'll echo what Dave Hendrickson said about Ryan Cordeiro of CM. Very impressive kid. My younger son also agrees -- and his data are probably better than either Dave's or mine, if you catch my drift:-) On another subject, although I rarely comment on the non-computer D-1 polls since I am primarily a D-3 fan -- at the present time -- I'm still rather mystified by BU's strength in the preseason lists. From a detached perspective, it seems unlikely that BU will end up better than MI, MN, or CC. But what do I know? I follow the ECAC East, and they don't even start practice until Nov. 1st. From the banana belt ... where, if Maurizio Rocha shoots wide of the net and the ball goes into the rink -- it still won't skid .... -- Dick Tuthill HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.