[net.sport.hockey] Hockey Playing Computer Scientists

k9un (01/03/83)

Yes there are!
I have been playing for about twelve years now with a group that originiated
out of Bell Labs Indian Hill (appropriately called the Indian Hill
Hockey Club).
We started out on figure skates on one of the local lakes and have been playing
at a local indoor rink for about 8 years now.
We have some ex-collegiate players and the caliber is quite good. I also am
an AHAUS (Amateur Hockey Association of the United States) certified
coach for a local squirt level travelling team (Huskies). My son plays and
last year my daughter played at the mite level.

Hockey is my primary hobby and I catch most of the Black Hawk games and
spend four to five nights a week at the rink either coaching, playing, 
or watching other Huskie age groups play. Our team was in Kitchener, Ont.
for a tournament over the thanksgiving holidays.

So who says there are no hockey playing computer scientists?
We are alive and well and rooting (at least here) for the best
team in pro hockey (the Hawks natch.).

By the way, I do like hockey, not violence! There are some who think the
two are synonomous but good hockey is *NOT* violent. Skill and finesse
are finally taking over the game again.

				Wes Ague
				BTL Naperville, Ill.
				(Left Defense)

johnk (01/11/83)

This computer scientist thinks the Portland Winter Hawks will win the
Memorial Cup this year.  Ontario and Quebec will be no-shows.