Congratulations Brian! The "just" announced awarding of the 1996 Hobey Baker Award to Minnesota's own Brian Bonin is fantastic news for Gopher puckheads! Having personally watched Brian play both high school (White Bear Lake) and college hockey, I couldn't be more happy for one of the most talented, intelligent, and all around good guys. For the last four years Brian has been my chief "example" of how a hockey player should play the game when I'm working with youth players from Squirts on up. Without question, Brian will be extremely missed by this HUGE Gopher puck fan! Note: This Hobey makes three for the University of Minnesota and five for Minnesota born players. Could Crowley be next? Also, before the tournament began I felt that the winner of the Minnesota and Michigan quarter final game would be the eventual national champion. With only one game to go, I gotta go with the Wolverines. Steve Gopher Hockey "Minnesota's Pride on Ice" HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.