Rob Zielinski wrote: >Quoted from the USA Today College Hockey web site >(http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/shc/shcthob1.htm) > >"The 1996 Hobey Baker Memorial Award is presented by the Decathlon >Athletic Club of Bloomington, Minn., along with the U.S. Army. Bonin >was selected as the 1996 recipient by the vote of an 18-member >selection committee, comprised of college coaches, sports >journalists and professional scouts." > >I had never heard that the U.S. Army was in any way involved in the >Hobey Baker award. From what I can gather they are a "presenter" of >the 1996 award. Does anyone have any more information about this? I wondered what that general was doing congratulating Bonin on the clip I saw, also the banner behind the podium at the ceremony. Couldn't the committee find a better sponsor than some school who doesn't even field a squad willing to affiliate with a hockey conference ? ****** If you can read this, thank your monitor ******* HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.