RIP Wayne Smith, father of HOCKEY-L
Posted by jtwcornell91
RIP Wayne Smith, father of HOCKEY-L
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (Moderator)
Date: January 06, 2017 01:34PM
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Before there was an eLynah or CHDF, before there was USCHO or CHN, back in the 1990s when the only way I knew to get out of town scores was two days later in the newspaper, I got introduced to the national college hockey scene via the HOCKEY-L listserv, and the person who made it all possible was Wayne Smith. (I forgot/didn't know that Mike Machnik had actually started it in the 1980s, but Wayne had started hosting it at Maine by the time I joined.)
[www.collegehockeynews.com]
Before there was an eLynah or CHDF, before there was USCHO or CHN, back in the 1990s when the only way I knew to get out of town scores was two days later in the newspaper, I got introduced to the national college hockey scene via the HOCKEY-L listserv, and the person who made it all possible was Wayne Smith. (I forgot/didn't know that Mike Machnik had actually started it in the 1980s, but Wayne had started hosting it at Maine by the time I joined.)
Re: RIP Wayne Smith, father of HOCKEY-L
Posted by: upprdeck (---.syrcny.east.verizon.net)
Date: January 06, 2017 04:24PM
it was a pretty active list for years they still have an annual hockey-l dinner at the final four with board members.
Re: RIP Wayne Smith, father of HOCKEY-L
Posted by: RichH (134.223.230.---)
Date: January 06, 2017 05:19PM
upprdeck
it was a pretty active list for years they still have an annual hockey-l dinner at the final four with board members.
There was a little talk this summer about shuttering the list and finding a place to store the digital archives. The only traffic remaining (until Wayne's passing) was Sara posting SLU box scores and someone's panicky call to find a place for the dinner about 5 days before each FF.
Still subscribed (on digest) for some reason, probably a combination of nostalgia and laziness.
Re: RIP Wayne Smith, father of HOCKEY-L
Posted by: ugarte (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: January 06, 2017 11:51PM
I used to get my college hockey fix from Hockey-L and trolling the Clarkson Golden Knights message board. "awesome simply awesome"
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Re: RIP Wayne Smith, father of HOCKEY-L
Posted by: ursusminor (---.washdc.east.verizon.net)
Date: January 06, 2017 11:53PM
RichH
upprdeck
it was a pretty active list for years they still have an annual hockey-l dinner at the final four with board members.
There was a little talk this summer about shuttering the list and finding a place to store the digital archives. The only traffic remaining (until Wayne's passing) was Sara posting SLU box scores and someone's panicky call to find a place for the dinner about 5 days before each FF.
Still subscribed (on digest) for some reason, probably a combination of nostalgia and laziness.
Also someone still runs several playoff prediction contests.
Re: RIP Wayne Smith, father of HOCKEY-L
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (Moderator)
Date: January 07, 2017 03:50PM
ursusminor
RichH
upprdeck
it was a pretty active list for years they still have an annual hockey-l dinner at the final four with board members.
There was a little talk this summer about shuttering the list and finding a place to store the digital archives. The only traffic remaining (until Wayne's passing) was Sara posting SLU box scores and someone's panicky call to find a place for the dinner about 5 days before each FF.
Still subscribed (on digest) for some reason, probably a combination of nostalgia and laziness.
Also someone still runs several playoff prediction contests.
Isn't it that Fenwick guy from one of those Red schools?
Re: RIP Wayne Smith, father of HOCKEY-L
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (Moderator)
Date: January 07, 2017 03:53PM
jtwcornell91
ursusminor
RichH
upprdeck
it was a pretty active list for years they still have an annual hockey-l dinner at the final four with board members.
There was a little talk this summer about shuttering the list and finding a place to store the digital archives. The only traffic remaining (until Wayne's passing) was Sara posting SLU box scores and someone's panicky call to find a place for the dinner about 5 days before each FF.
Still subscribed (on digest) for some reason, probably a combination of nostalgia and laziness.
Also someone still runs several playoff prediction contests.
Isn't it that Fenwick guy from one of those Red schools?
Sorry, was confusing Bill's ECAC permutations with Mark Lewin (from another Red school)'s playoff contests.
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