I was told here at Notre Dame that the first practice date for the NCAA DI teams will be Oct. 1. This might be wrong, but this is when the team will be allowed to finally begin offical practices. (Some teams are already skating without coaches, I guess the guys get together and have some fun once in a while. Anybody for some hockey?) John-Andrew Murphy HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.