Week after week on MSC we hear Frank Mazoccco, Tom Reid and Doug Woog ask the question, "Who is better than Bonin?", "Who is better than Bonin?" I don't know what games these guys have been watching, but I have the answer to this: Mike Crowley. This is an absolutely unbelievable player. Having closely followed the college careers of Bruce Driver, Chris Chelios, Gary Suter, Norm McIver, Tom Kurvers, Doug Zmolek, Todd and Travis Richards,Larry Olimb?- I would say that Crowley as a sophmore, is better than all those mentioned above at this stage of his career. This is no guarentee that he will be a great NHLer, but I think at least 20 pro teams would rather have the rights to Crowley than Bonin. As far as the Hobey is concerned, the fact that he is a sophmore will not help him. Paul Kariya won as a freshman from Maine, but I recall a sophmore from UMD by the name of Hull, I think his first name was Ben, who had a phenominal sophmore season before leaving for the pros, without the Hobey. I also don't think you can discount Teeder Wynne who is only four points behind Bonin in the scoring race for the WCHA. It is much, much more difficult picking up points for a .500 team, than a front runner. Although Nick Naumenko is an excellent defensemen, Bonin has picked up countless points with Crowley faking out two defenders and laying a perfect cross ice pass to Bonin on the doorstep. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.