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From: andria@white.toronto.edu (Andria L. Hunter)
Subject: Women's Team USA Roster (IIHF Championships)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:31:34 GMT


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                WOMEN'S IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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                  TAMPERE, FINLAND (APR 20-26)
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TEAM USA MEMBERS:
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NAME                  POS   S/C    BD     90-91 TEAM / HOMETOWN
___________________________________________________________________________

Jennifer Hanley        G     L     73     Edina High School/Edina, Minn.
Erin Whitten           G     L     71     UNH/Glens Falls, MY
Lauren Apollo          D     L     63     Assabet/Quincy, Mass
Cindy Curley           D/F   L     63     Assabet/Leominster, Mass.
Shawna Davidson        D     R     70     UNH/Duluth, Minn.
Kelly O'Leary          D     L     68     Providence/N. Providence, RI
Jeanine Sobek          D/F   L     72     Northeastern/Coon Rapids, Minn
Ellen Weinberg         D     R     68     UNH/Dallas, Tx
Michele Amidon         F     L     72     Kingswood-Oxford/Portland, Conn
Beth Beagan            F     R     70     Providence/Mashpee, Mass
Lisa Brown             F     R     66     Princeton/Union Lake, Mich
Karyn Bye              F     R     71     UNH/River Falls, Wisconsin
Colleen Coyne          F     R     71     UNH/E. Falmouth, Mass.
Cammi Granato          F     R     71     Providence/Downers Grove, Ill
Kim Haman              F     L     73     West Valley High/Fairbanks, Alaska
Kathy Issel            F     R     73     Michigan Capitals/Ann Arbor, Mich
Shelley Looney         F     R     72     Northeastern/Trenton, Mich.
Sue Merz               F     L     72     UNH/Greenwich, Conn
Wendy Tatarouns        F           72     Assabet/Billerica, Mass.
Sandra Whyte           F     R     70     Harvard U/Saugus, Mass.

Tina Cardinale         F     R     66     Nighthawks/Hudson, Mass
Kelly Dyer             G     L     66     Assabet/Boston, Mass.



Andria Hunter  (andria@white.toronto.edu)

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From: cs902159@ariel.yorku.ca (DAVID A LISOGURSKI)
Subject: Strike is OVER!!!!!
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 04:16:34 GMT

Hopefully, this will reach some of you before it has become old news.
I am watching the news conference now (midnight on Friday, Eastern time)
on TSN, and the strike is OVER!!!!!

Now we can get on with the formalities necessary before we award the
Cup to the Montreal Canadiens.   :-)

--Dave
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Re: Stanley Cup 1992
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 05:48:45 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.040453.16606@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs902159@ariel.yorku.ca (DAVID A LISOGURSKI) writes:
>Assuming there will be no NHL playoffs this season, I say we count the
>AHL playoffs as the real games, but we look at the teams as the NHL
>teams they represent.
>
>For example, if Fredericton was to play Cape Breton, and Fredericton
>wins (I don't know if that's possible - I don't know the divisions),
>we could say Montreal beat Edmonton for the Stanley Cup.
>
>At least that gives us SOMETHING to cheer about.

No fair!  That way, what about teams that don't have affiliates in the AHL?
>
>PS. Go Fredericton!!!!!!   :-)

PS. Go Kansas City!!!!!!   :-)

===============================================================================
Kansas City Blades for the Stanley Cup!
GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Wayne Gretzky for Ross and Hart!
GO SAN JOSE SHARKS!  Pat Falloon for Calder!  Jeff Hackett for Vezina!
===============================================================================
Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
rec.sport.hockey contact for the San Jose Sharks
From: gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Gary's spewing ...
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:05:09 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

In article <1992Apr6.111755.156@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, migod@turing.toronto.edu (Mike Godfrey) writes:
> 
> So, Fred Furia and Gary Newell, I accept your apologies in advance.

That's good - I guess there won't be an argument then because I know I
don't owe you an apology - I made it crystal clear in my response that
I was responding to my own perception of US-bashing and nothing else - if
you and the other guy can't accept that then tough - I could care less,as
for Fred, he made it clear that he didn't know who said what for sure but that
the include-headers indicated that you had made the first remark - pretty
clear that he was just trying to help out -  so get a grip - trust me, if
I had intended to insult/attack you I'd have done so in no uncertain terms.
As it is, I tried to make it clear that I was actually carrying out more
of a pre-emptive strike due to my own hyper-sensitivity than anything
that was explicitly said...

> Mike Godfrey   	           		"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."


			gln
From: chin@sask.usask.ca (Glenn Chin)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: NHL players not allowed to play in World Champ.
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:36:49 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

In article <1992Apr11.233644.22638@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, ab870@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric Rickin) writes:
> 
> Later in the [THN] article, though, it says that:
> 
> "If the NHL labor dispute is settled and the season resumes, the
> Canadian and US clubs would be able to select players for the 6
> non-playoff teams and the 8 squads eliminated in the 1st round of the
> post-season.

Due to the strike and 11-day break, more players from teams missing the
playoffs are likely to accept their invitation.  Some potential players for
Team Canada:

	Roberts		Nieuwendyk	Fleury
	Hogue		P.Turgeon	Ferraro
			Sakic		Nolan
	Brind'Amour	Gilmour		Anderson/Dineen

		MacInnis
		Benning		S.Duchesne
		Ellett		Macoun

			Fuhr
			Burke(?)

Some spots will be left open for players on teams eliminated early in the first
round of the playoffs.
 
> Hmm.. IS lindros planning on playing in the WC?

Lindros, citing exhaustion, announced in early March that his hockey season is
officially over.


Glenn
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: S1.JON@isumvs.iastate.edu (Jon Wells)
Subject: Junior A Nationals
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:31:22 GMT


As promised, here are the scores from the Junior Nationals in Omaha,
Nebraska:


Wednesday's Games

Des Moines 8         Detroit Junior Red Wings 4
Detroit Compuware 4  Dubuque 1
Omaha 6              Indianapolis 3


Today's (Thursday's) Games

Noon - Detroit Junior Red Wings vs. Dubuque
3:30 - Indianapolis vs. Des Moines
7:00 - Detroit Compuware vs. Omaha


Friday's Games

Noon - Dubuque vs. Indianapolis
3:30 - Des Moines vs. Detroit Compuware
7:00 - Omaha vs. Detroit Junior Red Wings


Saturday's Games

3:30 - Semifinal
7:00 - Semifinal


Sunday's Game

2:00 - Championship



Detroit.............................1-2-1--4
Des Moines..........................1-4-3--8
    First Period - 1. Detroit, Mazzuca (Deseranno, Ferranti)(pp),
9:00; 1. Des Moines, Drueger (unassisted), 13:16.  Penalties -
McCauley, Det., hooking, 6:05; Reimann, D.M., roughing, 8:41;
Andrews, Det., roughing, 13:16.
    Second Period - 2. Des Moines, Guay (Hankinson, Bruininks, :15;
2. Detroit, Ferranti (Stevens, Felsner), 1:56; 3. Des Moines,
Mikesch (unassisted), 3:32; 4. Des Moines, Echternach (Hankinson),
6:29; 5. Des Moines, Adams (unassisted)(pp), 14:41.  Penalties -
Adams, D.M., roughing, 12:12; Smith, Det., roughing, 13:33;
Amundson, D.M., unsportsmanlike conduct, 19:32.
    Third Period - 6. Des Moines, Amundson (Ford, Clouston), 4:40;
7. Des Moines, Ford (Clouston), 13:43; 4. Detroit, Moran (Mazzucs,
Ferranti)(pp), 18:11; 8. Des Moines, Ackerman (Ford, Amundson)(pp),
19:25.  Penalties - Reimann, D.M., elbowing, 6:13; Mikesch, D.M.,
slashing, 10:43; Adams, D.M., tripping, 17:08; Andrews, Det.,
interference, 18:24.
                       SHOTS ON GOAL
Detroit..............................6-8-10--24
Des Moines.........................24-19-17--60
    Power play opportunities - Detroit 2-6; Des Moines 2-4.
    Goaltenders - Detroit:  Szpont (L, 0-1-0) (60 shots, 52 saves);
Des Moines:  Deschambeault (W, 1-0-0) (24-20).  A - 306.


That is the only box score I have from the tournament.  I will post
additional information as I get more scores from the tournament.


---Jon

Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: chin@sask.usask.ca (Glenn Chin)
Subject: Re: How Profitable is the NHL?
Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 19:16:07 GMT

In article <28370018@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM>, cadams@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Chris Adams) writes:
> I saw somewhere in these newsgroup that the owners were claiming a $30
> million loss this year while the union claimed there would actually be a
> profit of $24 million.

The owners are claiming a loss of $9 million for this season.

> My question for this newsgroup is just what is the highest realistic
> estimate that we can make for the average profit per NHL team.  I'm
> interested in a number that includes all revenues (e.g. 'hidden' revenue
> for the cases of teams that own their own building).  A related question
> is what is the average capital value of each team and what is the
> average capital value appreciation per year.
> 
> Example:  Say the average team is worth $50 million (the expansion fee).
> Lets use the $24 million profit claimed by the union which means that
> each of the 22 teams would have an average profit of $1.1 million.  That
> is a profit of 2%.  I am not sure what the capital appreciation is but
> 8% would not surprise me.

I can't believe that the owners can only make $24 million (NHLPA's number)
after receiving $100 million in expansion payments.  It's unlikely Tampa and
Ottawa really paid their full amount.

The Standard and Poor's 500 stocks returned an average compounded rate of 13.0%
over the past ten years.  Let's use that figure as a barometer of alternative
return on investment.

Let's also assume a franchise value of $31 million, the price which Howard
Baldwin paid for the Penguins.  Assuming Baldwin makes an average profit of $1.1
million (unlikely given his payroll and market size) this season, he should
expect the following capital appreciation on his franchise:

	$31 million x 0.13 - $1.1 million = $2.9 million.

Is anyone willing to pay Baldwin $33.9 million for his Penguins after one
season, given the salary escalation?  I'd rather plow $34 million
into stocks and bonds before buying an NHL franchise today.

Regardless, the above analysis shows that Baldwin is not making an
extraordinary ROI.


Glenn
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: dstein@amalthea.math.ucla.edu (David Stein)
Subject: Re: NHL players not allowed to play in World Champ.
Reply-To: dstein@amalthea.math.ucla.edu (David Stein)
Organization: UCLA, Mathematics Department
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 22:36:09 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.233644.22638@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
ab870@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric Rickin) writes:
|> 
|> according to the Hockey News, Ziegler is not allowing NHL players to
|> play for their respective countries in the World Championships this
|> spring unless the Czech and Slovak Hockey Federation  drops or postpones
|> its $3 million lawsuit again the Oilers, which claims that Edmonton
|> illegally signed Josef Beranek and Martin Rucinsky to contracts.  The
|> suit also demands that the plaayers be returned to Czechoslovakia.

   That sounds pretty incredible... like blackmail, to be specific.
   If I understand it correctly, Beranek and Rucinsky allegedly signed 
   a contract with the Czech club Litvinov, and then simply broke it.
   If this is not true, then Edmonton and NHL should have no fear from
   a trial, especially since it will take place in their very own country
   and under their own rules.  In my opinion Ziegler's action amounts to
   a pure bullying, and he shows incredible insensitivity to both players
   and fans.  But then, I heard he's a thug before...

   Assume Edmonton signs 2 players (say Gretzky and Lemieux:-), pays them 
   a million each, and then they leave after 10 games to play for Litvinov?  
   Now Edmonton warns Litvinov that the players broke the agreement, even 
   sends them copies of the documents, yet Litvinov ignores this.  Don't 
   tell me Edmonton would not scream murder.  And the press would be full 
   of stories about how a foreign club (which would quickly transform into 
   "the foreigners") does not respect laws (read North American laws) and 
   acts like a pirate praying on the good old capitalist system (read "the
   NHL monopoly").

   I had no problem when players escaped during the commie years, even if 
   that meant breaking contracts or oaths, especially military related ones.
   But we are talking about free agreements done in a free environment here,
   and Edmonton's actions seem to be on the same level as when someone buys
   stolen goods despite knowing of their nature. 

 - David

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm not a native speaker of English, so I'm not sure what I wrote.
Flames will be ignored unless you post them in perfect Czech.
================================ - David (the metamathician) - ===
From: carrie@wpi.WPI.EDU (Carrie A Ayers)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Stanley Cup 1992
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:44:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: wpi.1992Apr13.194450.29511
Distribution: na
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

In article <1992Apr10.054845.19265@leland.Stanford.EDU> claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:
>In article <1992Apr10.040453.16606@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs902159@ariel.yorku.ca (DAVID A LISOGURSKI) writes:
>>Assuming there will be no NHL playoffs this season, I say we count the
>>AHL playoffs as the real games, but we look at the teams as the NHL
>>teams they represent.
>>
>>For example, if Fredericton was to play Cape Breton, and Fredericton
>>wins (I don't know if that's possible - I don't know the divisions),
>>we could say Montreal beat Edmonton for the Stanley Cup.

That's probably the only way Hartford would have a chance at winning 
right now :)
And the Bruins would be out of it!!!!! :)

>>
>>At least that gives us SOMETHING to cheer about.
>
>No fair!  That way, what about teams that don't have affiliates in the AHL?
>>
>>PS. Go Fredericton!!!!!!   :-)
>
>PS. Go Kansas City!!!!!!   :-)

PS. Go IndianS!!!!!!!   :-)
>
>===============================================================================
>Kansas City Blades for the Stanley Cup!
>GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Wayne Gretzky for Ross and Hart!
>GO SAN JOSE SHARKS!  Pat Falloon for Calder!  Jeff Hackett for Vezina!
>===============================================================================
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                What he said!
>Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
>rec.sport.hockey contact for the San Jose Sharks


Carrie
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: howard@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Howard Lem)
Subject: Re: latest news on the strike
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:53:32 GMT

Well the strike's over.

The Leafs can now offically be eliminated.

With a two-yr deal, may we go through this again in 93-94 season:-))

Maybe everybody will smarten up and see that there is a limit and going
over the limit will hurt the game.

ps. SHORTEN THE SEASON!!  It's already 20 games and 2 playoff rounds too long!
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From: John_Carson@mindlink.bc.ca (John Carson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: NEED INFO ON A Hartje
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:23:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: mindlink.11457
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

Winnepeg's 7th round pick

90-91 Sokol Kiev - USSR
      Fort Wayne - IHL

He only played one game lastyear with Fort Wayne so that might be you first
step as he still might be there.

JOhn
      
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Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: ferguson@cs.rochester.edu (George Ferguson)
Subject: Amerks update
Summary: Amerks lose game 4, up 3-1 in series
Reply-To: ferguson@cs.rochester.edu (George Ferguson)
Organization: University of Rochester Hockey Science Dept.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 16:09:56 GMT


While I'm posting, the Amerks lost game 4 to Hershey in overtime. They
lead the series 3-1. Game 5 is in Rochester Friday. As they say in
Slapshot, "good seats are still available".

George
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From: nmcglynn@buffalo.axion.bt.co.uk (Neil A. McGlynn)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: British League : Playoff Results
Date: 13 Apr 92 08:09:41 GMT
Reply-To: nmcglynn@axion.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom Labs
Organisation: BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH UK

Championship Group A		       Championship Group B
--------------------                   --------------------

 Humberside  3-9 Durham Wasps	       Billingham 5-11 Whitley Bay
Murrayfield 13-9 Humberside	       Nottingham 7-3  Cardiff
     Durham 11-5 Peterborough	      Whitley Bay 9-6  Nottingham

Durham Wasps  4 3 1 0 30 17 7           Nottingham  4 3 0 1 29 23 6
Peterborough  5 2 2 1 34 30 6           Whitley Bay 4 3 0 1 30 25 6
Murrayfield   4 1 1 2 27 27 3           Cardiff     4 2 0 2 30 18 4
Humberside    5 0 2 3 26 43 2           Billingham  4 0 0 4 18 41 0

Top two in each group qualify for Championship Playoffs at Wembley. Teams
play each team in their group twice.


Promotion Group A		       Promotion Group B
-----------------                      -----------------

Slough Jets 6-7 Bracknell Bees	      Fife Flyers 7-6 Telford
    Swindon 7-6 Basingstoke		  Romford 5-3 Ayr Raiders
Basingstoke 9-7 Slough Jets		  Telford 2-6 Ayr Raiders
  Bracknell 6-6 Swindon

** Bracknell 5 4 1 0 27 17 9		Fife Flyers  4 3 0 1 37 30 6
Swindon      5 2 1 2 34 31 5            Ayr Raiders  4 2 0 2 21 17 4
Basingstoke  5 2 0 3 30 35 4            Romford      4 2 0 2 23 26 4
Slough Jets  5 1 0 4 27 35 2	        Telford      4 1 0 3 26 33 2

Bracknell Bees win Group A and stay in Premier Division next season. Group
B will be decided after the final four matches next weekend. Winner of
group to play in Premier Division next season.

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Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Re: Playoff Traditions
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 06:28:01 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.195953.26510@sol.UVic.CA> bgray@ugly.UVic.CA writes:

>  Here in Vancouver, we've got the fun tradition of waving our white towels in
>the few years that we've made the playoffs since 1982.  What are the other
>interesting traditions in other NHL cities, ie. Vancouver's white towels, 
>Calgary's sea of red, etc  (hockey only - I don't need to hear about the 
>Steeler's Terrible towels)

Well, it's not (yet) a playoff tradition, or even a tradition, for that matter,
but what about the Shark Chomp?

===============================================================================
GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Go for the Stanley Cup!  Go for the 4-0 sweep!
Esa Tikkanen is a stiff! :-) (from the injury)  Bill Ranford is a stiff! :-)
GO SAN JOSE SHARKS!  Pat Falloon for Calder!  Jeff Hackett for Vezina!
Kansas City Blades for the Turner Cup!
===============================================================================
Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
rec.sport.hockey contact for the San Jose Sharks
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Subject: eire
Summary: info?
Keywords: dublin flyers
Date: 8 Apr 92 12:36:35 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin

any Irish fans out there who have info on the Irish game ,all i know is
that there  is  a team  called the Dublin Flyers, who played last year
against a US  ALL-STAR team, is there a league or  other teams?
From: gak@gakbox.Corp.Sun.COM (Richard Stueven)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Name That Goon!
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:16:58 GMT
Reply-To: gak@gakbox.Corp.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: gakbox.corp.sun.com

Name a player who received two major penalties, two minor penalties,
and two misconducts ON THE SAME PLAY.

Answer later today, if I remember to post it...

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From: alan@lancaster.nsc.com (The Hepburn)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: the season doesn't have to end...
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:03:34 GMT
Organization: National Semiconductor Corporation

In article <1992Apr5.163241.28158@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>, cs902117@ariel.yorku.ca (TONY D'ALFONSO) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> SJ beating Jets?  Another false prophesy.  Winnipeg would only need the one win
|>   to knock out the Flames, so they should have an easy time against San Jose,
|>   as San Jose is a simple expansion team, yet one of the best expansion teams
|>   that the league has seen in a while!
|>  
|>

An easy time?  There were relatively few times this season when an opponent had
"an easy time" against the Sharks.  Most games were entertaining for a full 60
minutes.  Just ask the Canadiens; they came to the Palace thinking "an easy 2 points"
and had to go into overtime to get their first goal!  How many other teams this year
played the Canadiens to a scoreless tie in regulation?

Yes, the Sharks are an expansion team, and yes, they didn't win 1/2 their games, but
to call them a "simple expansion team", or an "easy time" does not do them justice.
The work ethic is stronger in the dressing room, and on the ice, than most of the
established teams.  Rarely was there a time when a player got discouraged and floated.
They all played their hearts out all season.  A couple of weeks ago, George Kingston
made the comment "Yes, we know the playoffs are out of the question this year but we
can have fun being spoilers for other teams.".  They were looking forward to the last
few games of the season knowing that every game was against a team fighting for the
last playoff spot in the division.

So give the Sharks the credit they deserve:  they played remarkably well for an
expansion team and expect them to improve greatly next year!


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