Higgins Credits College as Key to Success
The following article featuring former Yale standout Chris Higgins appeared February 1 on the Vancouver Canucks Web site.
By Bob Snow
Ken Dryden is the Eastern College Athletic Conference's most accomplished hockey alum, considering his record between the pipes at Cornell in the late 1960s -- he led Big Red to national championships in 1967 and '69 -- and his six Stanley Cups with Montreal from 1971-79.
However, of the league's 592 NHL draft picks since 1964, only four have been selected in the first round; Dryden was taken by Boston in the third round in 1964.
When Montreal chose Yale's Christopher Higgins at No. 14 in the 2002 Entry Draft, it marked the first time an NHL team had spent a first-round pick on an ECAC player in 19 years -- since Buffalo took Normand Lacombe No. 10 out of New Hampshire when it was a member school.
Complete article can be accessed via the Canucks Web site by clicking here.
