On Oct 27, 9:43am, John Haeussler wrote: > > THE PALACE > The best thing about the Palace is that it's nice and roomy. > Everyone in attendance had five seats to themselves. I wonder > if "you're part of the largest crowd to be watching a college hockey > game this evening" was announced at Munn in East Lansing last > night. :-) This may be the best thing but the worst thing is the $6 parking fee. I expected something but not 6$. I half jokingly asked the attendant if a fee that high wasn't in direct conflict with NC$$ rules. He smiled, said "Gee, that's a good question" and sent me on my way. Someone please remind me again what the benefit is of having this game at the Palace rather than Joe Louis. > > Seriously, there was NOBODY at the Maine-Michigan game. > The crowd was reminiscent of Michigan's Blue-White scrimmage, > with a little more press. The crowd was very sparse and, as expected, ran heavily to Michigan fans. Were there really over 20,000 fans at last years Michigan/Notre Dame game? > And, for crying out loud, it would have been nice if they'd have > given us an LSSU-MSU score at some point during the evening. > Two thumbs down for keeping us in the dark. Big agreement on this point. > > WHERE WAS REG? > I'm not sure if ESPN2 mentioned it, but there was a brief > ceremony during the first intermission to honor Henry Boucha, > the first Native American inducted into the US Hockey Hall > of Fame. (A) Is Taffy Abel in the US HoF? I was under the > impression (perhaps misguided) that Taffy Abel was Native > American. I could check this in my media guides at home, > but I'll offer my ignorance for anyone who can give me a > quicker answer. (B) Regardless of (A), why wasn't Maine > forward Reg Cardinal involved in the ceremony? Yes, Reg > is Canadian (so the US HoF may not mean much to him), > but he's Native American. Did he decline to participate or > didn't anyone see this opportunity? At the risk of misspeaking, I believe Taffy Abel is a Native American. Beyond that, I don't know anything about him. Perhaps someone from LSSU (where they will be dedicating the new Taffy Able Arena tomorrow night) can help clear this up. > > > John H - U Mich (3-1-0,1-1-0 CCHA) > > HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to > [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List. >-- End of excerpt from John Haeussler As usual, John provides a great critique of a solid Michigan victory. -- Matt Wickey LSSU '86 CIMLINC Inc. National Champs 88 92 94 [log in to unmask] Go LAKERS! HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.