Contents: Nebraska-Omaha coaching finalists NCAA sites Crowley and Rasmussen status Minnesota Daily articles of historical interest: 1980 Olympians return home Hibbing Natives Kevin McHale and Don Micheletti 1979 National Champions A couple items from Charley Walters' column in the 6/7/96 St. Paul Pioneer Press: He says finalists for the Nebraska-Omaha job include: Notre Dame assistant Tom Carroll former North Dakota coach Gino Gasparini Minnesota assistant Mike Guentzel Wisconsin assistant Mike Kemp former DU coach Frank Serratore "Best bet is the Civic Center will be awarded the 2002 NCAA hockey championships after bids are made Monday in Hilton Head, S.C." According to "People who should know" junior-to-be Mike Crowley is more likely to turn pro than sophomore-to-be (and projected 7th overall pick) Erik Rasmussen. {end items from Walters' column} The Finals week issue of the Minnesota Daily has selected articles from past issues. The sports page has a couple articles from 1979 & 1980 that might be interesting to any Gopher fans out there. Below is the text from the Sports page, http://www.daily.umn.edu/daily/current/sports/index.html. The first line for each is a headline added by the 1996 editors. I won't post the text of these articles, but if you are interested in reading any of them, go the sports page at the above URL and use the links there. 1980's miracle makers come home They said goodbye to each other Monday afternoon -- the Olympians who'd won hockey's gold medal -- in the White House. Hibbing's heroes: Mic and Mac The town of Hibbing, Minn., could fit inside of Williams Arena. The Iron Range town's population might find the undertaking inconvenient, but also rewarding. At various times in the past, Hibbing has seen one of its own enjoy prominence in Williams, but never before has the mining town seen two of its own become as famous and as recognized for their contributions as seniors Don Micheletti and Kevin McHale. {Before it was renamed after John Mariucci, the hockey arena along with the adjacent basketball arena were jointly referred to as "Williams Arena". - PJS) U wins third hockey crown DETROIT -- "Well," said a Minnesota hockey player Sunday morning. "I guess we got Herbie off the hook." Pam Sweeney Congratulations Brian "Hobey" Bonin!!! Go Gophers!!! Ski-U-Mah!!! HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.