Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!haapanen From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Subject: Re: College hockey Message-ID: <740@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 21:30:30 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.740 Posted: Tue Dec 4 21:30:30 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 5-Dec-84 01:20:54 EST References: <125@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 38 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... \tom haapanen university of waterloo (519) 744-2468 allegra \ clyde \ \ decvax ---- watmath --- watdcsu --- haapanen ihnp4 / / linus / The opinions herein are not those of my employers, of the University of Waterloo, and probably not of anybody else either.