On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, Steven M. Bernhardt wrote: > Yea, let's add several new D1 hockey schools to create opportunities for > Canadians to come to the US at taxpayers expense. I like the fact the gophs are all Minnesota boys (or that is what I have heard). I wish SCSU would try that, or at least all USA. I don't know if it will improve the quality of their play or not, but I would like to see it happen some time. > Mankato State makes sense. Nebraska-Omaha doesn't. Why? Minnesota > produces the most US born D1 players (169 this year), only second overall > to the province of Ontario (184 this year). With more D1 Minnesota talent > available, Mankato State will be able to fill out their roster with US born > talent. Any other new D1 schools, except for the New England area, will > have to recruit heavily into Canada. Then why does SCSU have so many Canadian players? (or even one from Sweden) Between the Gophers and the Huskies sits the top 5 candidates for Mr. Hockey in Minnesota from last year. What about the UMD Bulldogs? I haven't heard who there new talent is. When (and if) Mankato comes in as a D1 school, this will hurt all three of the current D1 teams in MN. William Groskreutz III [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] http://www.stcloud.msus.edu/~wgrosk St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud MN Mathematics Department Faculty PROGRAM (pro'-gram) [n] A magic spell cast over a .----. . - . computer allowing it to turn one's input into error |C>_.|.:'.:. . messages. [vi] To engage in a pastime similar to _|____|_ `:. O_/ banging one's head against a wall, but, with fewer | --| \/M opportunities for reward. `-######-'a _/ \_ HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.