Being one of the "lucky" two-dozen people who receive ESPN2 :-), I thought I would make a few comments on their coverage of tonight's game. (I'm sure others on the list who are closer to the teams will provide "in depth" analysis of the game itself.) Overall, I'd grade the coverage as a "B". There were a few problems, but for the most part, it was pretty well done. The announcers were Tom Mees and Darren Pang. They made a few mistakes along the way, but overall were pretty accurate. Both of them seemed very familiar with the college game. (They did mention the differences between NHL and NCAA rules several times, but I found that understandable, given the demographics of ESPN2 viewers.) They did do a fair amount of coverage of inductees into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame -- which I was happy to see. (The Hall of Fame can use all the publicity it can get!) Another topic which they covered extensively was connections between people involved in college hockey and the NHL... for example, Red Berenson's NHL playing and coaching career, Steve and Paul Kariya, etc., including mention of many former NCAA players in the NHL. In between the first and second period, they spent several minutes broadcasting "live" from the Maine locker room. This wasn't an interview; it was Shawn Walsh giving a "coaching session" to his players with a white board. I found it VERY interesting to hear his point of view on the first period, and especially to see what the players were and were not able to do in relation to his comments. (ESPN also cut to the Maine locker room during the second intermission, but not for nearly as long.) Before the second period began, the announcers did talk about the Travis Roy situation, and sent their best wishes "to Travis and all members of the BU family". They also mentioned that a fund is being set up, and told people to contact the BU athletic department if they were interested in making a donation. During the third period, Michigan's (injured) Brendan Morrison spent about 5 minutes in the booth talking with the announcers. One of the questions they asked him was along the lines of "if you win the Hobey Baker this year, are you going to turn pro next year?" Brendan stated that he's very much enjoying himself and plans to finish his remaining two years of eligibility at Michigan. I thought he did an excellent job as a spokesman for college hockey. I do wish they would have done a post game wrap-up (they cut away to something completely different as the teams were leaving the ice). Overall, a good job; I'd like to see more college hockey coverage on ESPN/ESPN2. I'll be copying these comments to ESPN (via their WWW site: http://ESPNet.SportZone.Com). I'd suggest anyone else on the list who saw the game please do the same! - Garrett (Michigan Tech '84, Go Huskies!) -- Garrett Lanzy Endicott, NY HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.