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From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Re: Die! NASTY-Pens
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 03:04:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.210309.1702@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> rademaew@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:

>
>With your own brand of arrogance (see above), you should fit in well at
>Madison Square. Does that make ya feel better about all those chants of 1940????????

Nice try.  But Tom isn't even a Rangers fan.

>Do you think the Penguins are really bothered by the fact that you 
>don't think they're "great?" You can win all the regular season games you

Do YOU think that the Penguins are really pleased by the fact that you
are moaning about their "greatness"?

>want, and you can still be sitting home by the middle of April. AND NOONE WILL
>REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE. Except you, I guess, who sits at home each year
>recounting how great teams that dont win the CUP are. Me personally, I'd 

By your measure, you should always say that the Montreal Canadiens are the
greatest.

>rather be blinded by the light hitting off the silver everytime I look for 
>the Pens names on it. And if you really think Peguins fans care if you flame 
>them to death they really don't. Those of us who have done this long enough
>took far better flames when we were losers. We're just funnin' with now ya 
>cause we hold ALL THE CARDS. So flame away, and we'll do the same to the lucky
>bastards that win next year.

Like, the San Jose Sharks? :-)

Somehow, I don't think you have been a Pittsburgh fan for that long...

>So long, Phil, and remember what we do to traitors. ULF!!!!!! 

Talking about traitors.  Where is Pat Verbeek when we need him?

===============================================================================
GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Go for Next Year! :-(
GO SAN JOSE SHARKS!  Ray Whitney for Calder!  Jeff Hackett for Vezina!
	Pat Falloon for Hart! :-) Neil Wilkinson for Norris!  ('92-'93)
===============================================================================
Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
rec.sport.hockey contact for the San Jose Sharks
From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: ESPN Followup
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:32:18 GMT
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Distribution: na
Organization: Curious Goods (formerly Louis Vendredi Antiques)

clamen+@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart M. Clamen) writes:
>
>You left out "exclusive international television distribution rights
>(excluding Canada)".  Did Sportschannel have this plum as well?

I believe so; a British guy named Norm who does hockey for Sky (or
whatever their direct satellite broadcaster is nowadays) shows up on
the Islanders radio broadcasts during his annual roadtrip to see games
and mentioned that they get Jiggs and Eddie and Mike and Bill ... also
the Kings at Islanders game early in the previous new year was shown
on the American Armed Forces network (Gretzky said that he wanted to
put on a show for his American cousin (or was it Janet's?) who was in
the Persian Gulf, and had a four-point night -- yeah, Wayner cruised
through the Rangers game that we were at the night before! )-;).

gld
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary L. Dare				Canadians don't have a problem
> gld@cunixB.cc.columbia.EDU		w/Canada's health care system;
> gld@cunixc.BITNET			only Americans seem to! - anon.
Xref: sparky rec.sport.hockey:15758 rec.sport.basketball.pro:16403
From: mikem@beanpot.ma30.bull.com (Mike Machnik)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey,rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Which Team is More Popular:NBA or NHL?!
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:55:36 GMT
Reply-To: mikem@beanpot.ma30.bull.com (Mike Machnik)
Organization: Bull Worldwide Information Systems

In article <1992Aug27.140731.278@das.harvard.edu>, vreddy@das.harvard.edu
(Venkatesh Reddy) writes:
|>In article <1992Aug27.115946.21279@abo.fi>, MLINDROOS@finabo.abo.fi (Marcus
Lindroos INF) writes:
|>|> -In BOSTON, the Celtics weren't popular despite winning championship after
|>|> championship. The Bruins were the kings of the winter despite winning only
|>|> two championships with Bobby Orr in the lineup. People whispered there
were
|>|> "racial reasons" for it, and what happens? After snow-white Larry Bird
joins
|>|> the Celts in 1979, the basketball team started winning again - this time
with
|>|> a predominatly Caucasian lineup and all home games are sellouts. The
Bruins,
|>|> now contenders again, have been closing the gap in recent years.
Basketball
|>|> again.
|>
|>Having beenin Boston for onlky a year, after living in a non-hockey state for
|>17 (South Carolina), I noticed that up here, the Bruins get more hype, 
|>especially around playoff time. All the radio stations and TV stations are
|>all over the Bruins news, and hockey seems to be bigger than basketball up
|>here, even if the bball games sell out all the time.

Having lived in Boston for all of my 25 years, I can tell you that Boston
is definitely a hockey town and it is owned by the Bruins.  (Talking hockey
vs hoop here; the Red Sox are really THE team in Boston.)  At the height of
the Celtics' Bird era, they couldn't match the fanaticism that went on
in the early 70s or even in 1988 or 1990 when the B's were in the Cup finals.
Everything stops for the Bruins when they're contending for a Cup and it is
all you hear people talk about around work.  

BTW, Bruins tix have been extremely hard to come by in recent years, even
more so than Celtics tickets (in my experience).

Also, check the tv ratings; the Bruins (ch. 38) consistently outdraw the 
Celtics (ch. 25) on nights that they both appear on free tv.  And radio
station WEEI, which covers both, only gives preference to the C's during
conflicts because the C's own them (and ch. 25)...

This was an interesting article to read, though, and Marcus did a great job
of stirring up some discussion.
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Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: kmjoffe@acs.ucalgary.ca (Kenneth M. Joffe)
Subject: Re: Them were the days
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 04:01:37 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <92Aug31.151807edt.112@orasis.vis.toronto.edu> bdown@vis.toronto.edu (Brian Down) writes:

>Well..clearly Mr. Joffe not only has a great knowledge of
>the game, but of hockey talent as well.
>
>Hopefully, we'll be hearing more from him as the year progresses!!
>

Well, first of all, I guess hockey experts like you do not buy
single packs of cards at 7-11.  Either card collecting is for
kids and not mature adults like yourself, or you buy boxes like
the big boys and never open them up.  
  Second, if you are picking on my writing style, sorry, I guess
I should have written my ideas down beforehand, and thus
presented my ideas in a coherent well written sentence.  Yes, I
see your point, ...being struck with the young talent on the
Wings due to my noticing of their young talent.  But judging my
hockey knowledge from sentence structure is unsportsmanlike.  I
think I am safe to say that my hockey knowledge is as good, if
not better than yours.  However, you being from the east, must
know more than us western boys.  
  I will be more careful of what I say, so that I may please you
with not only my hockey knowledge, but with how well I put
together sentences.






Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: 832989@SKUL.USASK.CA (Glenn Chin)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Hockey demographics in Canada
Date: 26 Aug 92 02:04:11 GMT

From: 832989@SKUL.USASK.CA (Glenn Chin)
>There was a story on women in sports Monday night on TSN (replay?).  It
>reported that of 103,000 9-year-old boys registered with the CAHA as hockey
		  ^^^^^^^
>players, only 8000 remained at age 21.

Does anyone know the figure cited in the story?  103,000 seems way too high for
a country of Canada's size.  Either the true figure is lower or it's for an age
range.  I recall the term "atom" used to describe their age category.

Glenn
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: claudius@leland.stanford.edu (Nelson Lu)
Subject: SHARKS NEWS: Petri Skriko signed
Organization: DSG, Stanford University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 16:04:02 GMT

The Sharks announced yesterday that they have signed 30-year-old winger Petri
Skriko to a contract.  Skriko split last season between the Boston Bruins,
the Winnipeg Jets, and the Finnish Olympic team.  A shoulder injury limited
Skriko to 24 NHL games, scoring 3 goals and 3 assists.

Skriko was a free agent without compensation.  Dean Lombardi, the director of
hockey operations, said that the Sharks signed Skriko to a "tryout contract."
"It's security in case the kids need more time," said Lombardi.  "We're taking
a chance he might be able to bounce back.  If the kids come through, we have
options."

Skriko scored at least 30 goals and 64 points in the four seasons with the
Vancouver Canucks ('86-'89).

To me, this deal sounds like a sign that the Sharks' 3-headed GM job (Lombardi,
Chuck Grillo, and George Kingston) might be having disagreements between them.
Grillo was particularly excited earlier this week when the Sharks traded right
winger Brian Mullen to the New York Islanders for the rights to 21-year-old
Swedish center Markus Thuresson.  It seems like that it's quite possible that
Lombardi didn't like the deal.

===============================================================================
GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Go for Next Year! :-(
GO SAN JOSE SHARKS!  Ray Whitney for Calder!  Jeff Hackett for Vezina!
	Pat Falloon for Hart! :-) Neil Wilkinson for Norris!  ('92-'93)
===============================================================================
Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
rec.sport.hockey contact for the San Jose Sharks
Organization: Sophomore, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Date: Wed,  2 Sep 1992 14:18:06 -0400 
From: "Derrick J. Brashear" <db74+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: DYANSTY-Pens
	<4931@balrog.ctron.com>

Excerpts from netnews.rec.sport.hockey: 2-Sep-92 Re: DYANSTY-Pens Matt
Brown@ctron.com (3077)

> 2) r.s.h often seems evenly divided between Pittsburgh fans and everybody
>    else.  Even "objective" Pens reportage gets blasted at. Pens Raves
>    draw major flames.  So don't be surprised at the response, and recognize
>    it for what it is: the sour grapes from the rest of us who don't have
>    the honor of living in the Steel City or environs.  All that smoke, and
>    the Stanley Cup, too. I know I couldn't stand that much happiness.

The cup is gone but the smoke lives on...
Er...
Maybe that should be the other way around 8-)

Excerpts from netnews.rec.sport.hockey: 2-Sep-92 Re: DYANSTY-Pens Matt
Brown@ctron.com (3077)

> How's the newspaper strike these days. Who did they pick as town crier?

I don't know about who our crier is, but the strike lives. No matter.
Neither paper covers minor league hockey anyway. So to hell with both of
them.

-D
From: tiok_jk@tac.fi (Juha Koivisto)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: SAUNA CUP: 8/31 TCH-USA
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:58:57 +0300
Organization: City of Tampere

Turku, Finland, Monday 8/31/92

Sauna Cup / Match number 3

Czechoslovakia - USA  6-1   (1-0, 3-0, 2-1)

1. period:
  1.20  2 min  Jan Varholik C 
  4.34  2 min  Craig Darby U 
 10.07  2 min  Jason Zent U 
 10.53   1-0   Jiri Kucera (Jiri Dolezal - Drahomir Kadlec)  (pp)
 12.02  2 min  Jiri Dopita C 
 15.51  2 min  Dolezal C 
 17.04  2 min  Darby Hendrickson U 
2. period:
 21.14   2-0   Jan Caloun (Jan Varholik) 
 22.10  2 min  Rich Brennan U 
 28.13  2 min  Tomas Kucharcik C 
 29.16   3-0   Otakar Janecky (Dolezal)  (sh)
 29.55  2 min  Karel Smid C 
 30.59  2 min  Pat Neaton U 
 35.43  2 min  Jiri Jonak C 
 39.07   4-0   Kucera (Milos Holan) 
3. period:
 42.46  2 min  Storm U 
 45.00  2 min  Roman Rysanek C 
 45.08  2 min  Dopita C
 45.08  2 min  John Lilley U
 47.37   5-0   Tomas Kucharcik (Branislav Janos) 
 50.03   6-0   Kadlec (Caloun) 
 50.54  2 min  Caloun C 
 52.06  2 min  Derek Plante U 
 56.07  2 min  Adam Richard C 
 56.47  2 min  Barry Richter U 
 57.45   6-1   Jim Storm (Ian Moran - Bryan Smolinski)  (eq)
 59.07  2 min  Brennan U 

Penalties: Czechoslovakia 10 x 2 min, USA 10 x 2 min
Saves:     Orct Zdenek C 8+6+12=26
           Mike Dunham U 18+10+(0)=28 (change 40.00)
           Parris Duffus U (0)+(0)+6=6
Referees:  Tor Hansen, Norway (Harri Koskela - Mika Kottonen)
Attendance: 523


SAUNA CUP Standings after 8/31/92

                G  W T L GF-GA P
Czechoslovakia  2  1 0 1  8-4  2
Russia          1  1 0 0  3-2  2
Finland         1  0 1 0  2-2  1
USA             2  0 1 1  3-8  1

-- 
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tiok_jk@tac.fi  *  City of Tampere, Finland
From: tiok_jk@tac.fi (Juha Koivisto)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: SAUNA CUP: 9/1  Finland-Russia
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:05:40 +0300
Organization: City of Tampere

Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday 9/1/92

SAUNA CUP / Match number 4

Finland - Russia  0-7   (0-4, 0-0, 0-3)

1. period:
  2.09  2 min  Erik Hamalainen F
  2.21   0-1   Sergei Petrenko (Aleksei Jashin - Jan Kaminski)  (pp)
  5.02   0-2   Aleksei Tkachuk 
  6.18  2 min  Timo Saarikoski F
  9.29   0-3   Kachuk (Aleksander Selivanov) 
 12.47   0-4   Aleksander Barkov (Selivanov - Tkachuk) 
 14.46  2 min  Jarkko Varvio F 
2. period:
 22.26  2 min  Darius Kasparaitis R 
 27.40  2 min  German Titov R 
 29.00  2 min  Ilja Bjakin R 
 31.54  2 min  Kari Martikainen F 
 35.47  2 min  Mika Alatalo F 
3. period:
 44.29   0-5   A. Jashin (Petrenko - Dimitri Filimonov) 
 45.23  2 min  Martikainen F 
 47.25  2 min  Sorokin R 
 51.20  2 min  Niko Marttila F 
 53.35   0-6   Sergei Jashin (Aleksander Smirnov) 
 54.46   0-7   Pavel Torgajev (Igor Korolev - Sergei Sorokin) 
 57.26  2 min  Sorokin R 
 58.11  2 min  Waltteri Immonen F 
 59.59  2 min  Janne Laukkanen F
 59.59  2 min  Korolev R

Penalties: Finland 9 x 2 min, Russia 6 x 2 min
Goalkeepers: Ari-Pekka Siekkinen F 13+8+10=31
             Andrei Trefilov R 8+7+10=25 (change 54.29)
             Aleksei Chervjakov R (0)+(0)+3=3
Referees:  Gerhard Muller (Jukka Koivu - Pekka Kivinen)
Attendance: 2876


SAUNA CUP Standings after 9/1/92

                G  W T L GF-GA P
Russia          2  2 0 0 10-2  4
Czechoslovakia  2  1 0 1  8-4  2
USA             2  0 1 1  3-8  1
Finland         2  0 1 1  2-9  1

Next games:
Wed 9/2/92  USA     - Russia
            Finland - Czechoslovakia  

-- 
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tiok_jk@tac.fi  *  City of Tampere, Finland
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: jpc@philabs.philips.com (John P. Curcio)
Subject: Re: DYANSTY-Pens
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:43:35 GMT

In article <Aecv7gK00WBM04MfR=@andrew.cmu.edu> Gary James Patalsky <gp2f+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:


>Goalie:  Tom Barasso ( Best playoff goalie)

If insist on doing so much grandstanding, at least learn how to spell
the names of the players-- it's BARRASSO.

-JPC

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From: mattb@ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: JETS Training Camp Roster
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:48:50 GMT
Reply-To: mattb@olympus.ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.

Given all the Pavels and Igors on this roster, Winnipeg should consider
changing the team logo from an airplane to a marine recreational vehicle 
and renaming the team the Jetski's.

Matt
Fan of Dynamo Boston
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: lli+@cs.cmu.edu (Lori Iannamico)
Subject: Tony, not Eddie (was Re: Eddie JOhnson-bulit Pens)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:15:46 GMT

In article <QecuxIW00WBMQ4Mega@andrew.cmu.edu> Gary James Patalsky <gp2f+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>Eddie Johnson will make a great coach for the Pens.
>If anyone doubts Eddie JOhnson, consider:
>
>      He traded for Tom Barasso by giving up SImpson and Shannon

Sorry, but this is wrong.  GM Tony Esposito acquired Tom Barrasso from the
Sabres.  He gave up Doug Bodger and another player whose name escapes me.

And Craig Simpson went to Edmonton as part of the Coffey deal.

Lori
From: zebr360@ut-emx.uucp (Jerry Heyman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Bill Torrey??
Date: 23 Aug 92 17:17:17 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas

In article <1992Aug21.005927.23779@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs902117@ariel.yorku.ca (TONY D'ALFONSO) writes:
|>
|>Let me explain a few things to you Jerry...  

Go ahead, I'm listening...

|>Yes LaFontaine was a spoiled little brat, but he is a superstar and the 
|>problem was he knew it, which caused him to be such a brat.  I have been
|>fed up with his antics, but if you put that aside, you must admire his skill.

I don't have any disagreement with this, it confirms what I said

|>Trottier was always a thorn in the side of the Isles since he left as, as much
|>as he didn't become a top scorer for the entire NHL, he still had spirit - a
|>winning spirit.  He was the type of leader character that could help a team.
|>What happens?  Isles let him go on NO compensation, and he ends up winning 
|>two cups in Pittsburgh.  When Lemieux was out of the lineup, Trotts played a
|>BIG role for the Pens...

Compensation for a $1 million player is almost unheard of in the NHL.  If
Pittsburgh had to trade for Trottier - do you really think they would have?  And
if they would have, what would they have been willing to give up? Jagr? Stevens?
etc...

No Islander team of recent vintage was going to win on spirit.  Its easy to add
spirit to a talented team (like Pittsburgh) but whom would Trottier's spirit
motivated on the Islanders?
|>     __
|>     / o n y.

jerry
-- 
Jerry Heyman                  by day: IBM PSP, AIX Development
zebr360@emx.utexas.edu        by nite: Adjunct Lecturer at St. Edward's Univ.

*All comments are my own and should not be construed to represent any one else
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: raczka@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Christopher Raczka)
Subject: Re: New Rules (was: Re: 3 New rules was 2 New Rules ???)
Reply-To: raczka@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Christopher Raczka)
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 16:59:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.174451.20582@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> spiegel@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Spiegel) writes:
> 	The full list of new rules that the NHL Board of Governers voted 
> 	in (according to the San Jose Mercury News) is:
> 
> 		1. Game ejection for instigating a fight.

        This is really a good move, albeit several years late
        Now, the next rule to add is a two-game suspension for
        the coach who the instigator plays for

> 		2. Helmets are now optional

        Bad timing...there are far too many stick swingers for
        this

> 		3. It will be a penalty to grab an opponents stick
> 		   as a defensive move.

        There are still defensemen who will get away with this

> 		4. It will be a penalty to dive intentional to try
> 		   to draw a penalty on an opposing player.

        I don't like this either. First make holding a 5minute major
        and then you would see less "dives".

> 		5. After coincidental penalties are called during
> 		   full-strength situations, play will be 4 on 4
> 		   instead of 5 on 5.

        I don't know about this...now the next penalty one team
        will already be two-short

> 		6. The definition of high sticking was changed from
> 		   hitting above the shoulder to hitting above the
> 		   waist.
> 

        Here is one that will have all the players and coaches FRUSTRATED
        before playoff time. This penalty is encouraging the referrees
        to force the stoppage of play. Now what use to be a good back-check
        or a great fore-check is now high sticking, I don't like this one.

chris
-- 
    " Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish
      Do not overdo it. "

     LAO-TZU
From: 832989@SKUL.USASK.CA (Glenn Chin)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Sport Select Pro Line (was Re: Stanley Cup odds)
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:41:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: skul.9208252341.AA00788

From: epp@mala.bc.ca (Lorne Epp)
>...it means that Vegas odds are not a probability: the odds are always shorter
>than the estimated probability so that the house will come out ahead.

For those in Western Canada, this is also true with Sport Select Pro Line.
The last time I checked, the expected return per game is 0.80.  For a three-game
(minimum) parlay, the expected return is 0.80^3 = 0.51.  That is, a bettor who
randomly bets on three-game parlays (I believe the maximum is six games) with
no knowledge of a sport will lose 49% of his or her money in the long run.

Don't let those Don Cherry (aka Mr. Political Correctness) ads influence you to
play Sport Select!  It's another revenue grab for the provincial (and federal?)
governments.  However, there are bound to be some people who feel their
knowledge can overcome the 49% disadvantage; let them find out the hard way.

Glenn

Note:  I can't set distribution.
From: mch0@harvey.gte.com (Michael Hatz)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Training Plans/Conditioning
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:50:06 GMT
Organization: GTE Laboratories

I know there must be some coaches/players out there in net-land...I was
wondering if someone could send a comprehensive training program to include
on/off ice and especially weight training,that they use or have implemented,
preferably at HS or college level.  If you have something prepackaged/on disk,
please reply to:

hatzm%venus.dnet@gte.com

I really appreciate it.

Mike
From: carrie@buckaroo.WPI.EDU (Carrie A Ayers)
Subject: Re: ESPN Followup
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 17:42:39 GMT

In article <Bu0EAz.56u.1@cs.cmu.edu> clamen+@CS.CMU.EDU writes:
>In article <Sep03.040044.58615@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> mmb@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Michael Burger) writes:
>
>
>   Some details:
>
>   --25 regular season games (mostly on Fridays)

Seems to me that 25 regular season games is nothing.  Let's see, there's 24 teams,
84 games each...that's 2016 games total for the season, and they can only show us
25?  Now, even if SC was only limited to what areas it was limited to, they show
a LOT more than 25 regular season games a year.  They show 25 games in 2 months.
To me, this kinda sucks.  (Of course my major complaint is that I'm an Islanders
fan living in Massachusetts and the only way I got to see the Islanders was on SC -
now I'll be lucky to see 1 Islanders game all season.  I also got to watch lots of
Whalers games and follow the players called up from Springfield.  For me this new
deal just isn't a good deal)


>   --up to 37 playoff games
>   --Full Stanley Cup Finals

Seems like that's all anyone cares about, the playoffs.  People don't follow a team
all year, but when playoffs start, oooooo let's everyone watch hockey on TV.
Now, it makes it more exciting for me, if a team I've been watching all year makes
the playoffs than to just watch say the Pens and the Northstars (just an example)
play.  Granted, it's exciting, but it's not the same.



Carrie
GO INDIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Da na na na na...Hey!"  - The imortal 'word' of Gary Glitter
From: am2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anna Matyas)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Instigators Ejected, No helmets OK! 2 resign
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:22:49 GMT
Organization: H&SS Dean's Office, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


Eric Rickin writes:

>Some things I remember from Today's NY Times article.
>2) Players can choose NOT to wear a helmet/faceshield if they don't want
>to.  (this is a significant rule change!)

This certainly is significant.  I didn't realize that this was one of
the proposed changes.  Wonder what impact this will have on fighting
rules (if any).

So Eric, how was your weekend in beautiful Pittsburgh-by-the sea???

Mom.