Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihldt!paveleck From: paveleck@ihldt.UUCP (Bob Paveleck) Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Subject: Need Info on NNHL Message-ID: <2529@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 11:13:39 EDT Article-I.D.: ihldt.2529 Posted: Mon Oct 1 11:13:39 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 19:20:36 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 24 I'd like some information from any net.sport.hockey readers on the National Novice Hockey League (NNHL). I recently spotted an ad for this organization in the Chicago Tribune sports section, called the number mentioned in the ad, and received a brochure. The reason for my interest in NNHL was that it claims to be a league in which adults who have played little or no hockey (and have little or no skating experience) can learn basic skills and participate in games with competition of similar ability. I have been playing hockey occasionally with some friends (most of whom have some hockey experience) for a couple of years now, and since I'm both a poor player and skater (but enjoy the game anyway), I thought the NNHL might be a good deal. The brochure says that you get 16-20 sessions as a beginner, with the first 8 being very basic skating-playing instruction and the remainder consisting of actual game play. I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience with this organization (is it worthwhile, are instructors good, etc.). The Chicago-area branches are just opening (NNHL apparently has branches in the California Bay area, Colorado and St. Louis, among other places), so I can't ask any local hockey aficionados about it. Thanks in advance, Bob Paveleck ihldt!paveleck