Word: silks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also a good way to get yourself into the NHL. Within two weeks of winning the gold medal. Silk had signed with the Rangers. He played two games for New York and then finished the '79-'80 season at the Ranger farm club in New Haven. He spent the tail end of last year at New Haven, after scoring 14 goals and 12 assists over 59 games for denizens of Madison Square Garden. Now, though, with Silk running well ahead of last season's pace with 10 goals and 17 assists in 40 games--he has missed about the last...
...surprised though," Silk says, "pro hockey is great and its exciting and all, but I think if you aked a lot of the guys in the league who played in college they'd say they miss the fun of college hockey...
...Beanpot, for Silk, is a case in point. A Scituate native, Silk grew up watching the Beanpot title change hands. When he finally got to play in the tournament, it was no ordinary game. "Well, it was the first time I had ever been out on the Boston Garden ice. As far as I was concerned, that was Bruin ice and that was sacred ice. Getting out there was something...
...Silk achieved a little more than just skating on to the hallowed ice. In the six games of his Beanpot career--Silk had to skip his senior year to play on the Olympic team--he connected for 12 points, a total which puts him in the top-15 all-time Beanpot scorers. Of course, playing on two tourney-winning teams isn't a bad dividend either...
...really do miss it," Silk says. Not playing in the Beanpot in order to play in the Olympics and the pros may not be the ultimate sacrifice, but there were good times in the tournament...