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From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: College hockey
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 21:30:30 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 21:30:30 1984
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Yeah, well, let's get some traffic in this newsgroup!  College hockey
somehow does not seem terribly meaningful to us hosers up here in the
homeland of hockey, the Great White North, the winner of the 1984
Canada Cup, etc. etc., Canada!  We have  CIAU (Canadian
Inter-university Athletic Union or something like that), but that is
not generally where the best pre-NHL hockey is played.  Rather, most
Canadian rookies come up through the brawl-filled Major Junior A
leagues, namely WHL, OHL and QMJHL.  So, let's have some more global
discussions, namely about the NHL, or maybe even (gasp!) about
international hockey.

I'm interested in who you net-people feel are viable candidates for
the Calder trophy (Gretzky's going to take most trophies, but not this
one!).  The #1 draft pick this year, Mario Lemieux, has been playing
fairly well, but not super fantastic.  He's also injured right now.
The top scorer by quite a margin is Calgary's Carey Wilson, who spent
a couple of years playing for Helsinki IFK in Finland.  Also,
technically Montreal's Steve Penney and Chris Chelios are rookies,
despite extensive playoff experience last year.  I don't think Penney
is as good as is generally thought (check out his save percentage!),
rather it's the Montreal defence, including Chelios, doing all the
work for him.  Chelios is highly rated, and my (second?) favourite
coach, Don Cherry, rates him as the top rookie so far this year.

So what do YOU think?  Reply by email, if you wish, and I'll
summarize.   Or you can try and build some traffic in this newsgroup
and post your opinions...


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