Boston Globe on "Harvard ... pro-hockey prep school"
Posted by billhoward
Boston Globe on "Harvard ... pro-hockey prep school"
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: October 11, 2009 06:48PM
Boston Globe writes on one of its local colleges as a training ground for the pros in a story headlined Brains on Ice. This paragraph hurts the most:
>>> The Harvard hockey team has remained a regular training ground for the professional ranks, and 79 Harvard players have been drafted by NHL teams since the league was founded in 1917 -- more professional draft picks than any Ivy League team in any sport. Unlike pro football or basketball, drafted players don’t have to immediately join their pro teams, so players can arrive on campus already drafted or sign while they’re in college.
Slow news day.
>>> The Harvard hockey team has remained a regular training ground for the professional ranks, and 79 Harvard players have been drafted by NHL teams since the league was founded in 1917 -- more professional draft picks than any Ivy League team in any sport. Unlike pro football or basketball, drafted players don’t have to immediately join their pro teams, so players can arrive on campus already drafted or sign while they’re in college.
Slow news day.
Re: Boston Globe on "Harvard ... pro-hockey prep school"
Posted by: RichH (---.hsd1.ct.comcast.net)
Date: October 11, 2009 07:04PM
Beat me to it by about 15 minutes, bill. 
While we're stuck with the smart kid who is willing to play in front of 4200 hockey-crazed, rabid, screaming fans in a loud, old, historic building with upgraded amenities. In Ithaca.
“They have to find the smart kids, but also the kid who is willing to play in front of 2,000 half-interested fans and in an old building,” says Adam Wodon, managing editor of College Hockey News.
While we're stuck with the smart kid who is willing to play in front of 4200 hockey-crazed, rabid, screaming fans in a loud, old, historic building with upgraded amenities. In Ithaca.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/2009 07:09PM by RichH.
Re: Boston Globe on "Harvard ... pro-hockey prep school"
Posted by: Rita (---.hsd1.fl.comcast.net)
Date: October 11, 2009 08:33PM
RichH
Beat me to it by about 15 minutes, bill.
“They have to find the smart kids, but also the kid who is willing to play in front of 2,000 half-interested fans and in an old building,” says Adam Wodon, managing editor of College Hockey News.
While we're stuck with the smart kid who is willing to play in front of 4200 hockey-crazed, rabid, screaming fans in a loud, old, historic building with upgraded amenities. In Ithaca.
Hey, I thought Bright was only filled when Cornell came to town, and then the fans are very interested, but in seeing the home team lose.
Re: Boston Globe on "Harvard ... pro-hockey prep school"
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: October 11, 2009 11:19PM
Woden masterfully damns with faint praise.RichH
Beat me to it by about 15 minutes, bill.
“They have to find the smart kids, but also the kid who is willing to play in front of 2,000 half-interested fans and in an old building,” says Adam Wodon, managing editor of College Hockey News.
While we're stuck with the smart kid who is willing to play in front of 4200 hockey-crazed, rabid, screaming fans in a loud, old, historic building with upgraded amenities. In Ithaca.
One nice thing about skating for Harvard: When you look down at the big H on your varsity sweater, or in the mirror, it still reads right.
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