Madill Shaken Up in Japan
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The following article featuring former St. Lawrence standout Mike Madill appeared in the August 2 issue of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
By Ron Kantowski
It was March 11, and Mike Madill was hungry.
A few days earlier, the Nippon Paper Cranes, the hockey team for which he was a defenseman in the Asia League, were eliminated from the playoffs by the Tohoku Free Blades (the favorite Asia League team of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd).
Madill was not named "Young Guy of the Year," what the Asia League calls its top rookie. But he had a pretty good season, good enough that the ohmonos, the big shots down at corporate headquarters in Tokyo, wanted this particular import back. Domo arigato, Madill-san.
Complete article can be accessed via the Review-Journal Web site by clicking here.
