FIVE YEARS AGO: Feb. 11, 1994

A monster snowstorm postpones a scheduled game at the Garden against Quebec (but not another Columbia basketball loss, this time to Dartmouth); the Blueshirts will host the Nordiques March 2, with a March 2 tilt in Philly rescheduled for Feb. 28. So, let's turn to the papers. From the "Everything Old Is New Again" file: Stan Fischler's Bluelines report in The Hockey News continues the rumor (first dated to January, in this incarnation) that Alexei Kovalev may be not long for New York. The Big Town's greatest subways writer has Alex headed to Vancouver for season-long holdout Petr Nedved. In the same issue, the Rangers prospects receive a grade of A-, second only to the Nordique kiddies. New York's top 10: Corey Hirsch, Niklas Sundstrom, Joby Messier, Mattias Norstrom, Peter Ferraro, Todd Marchant, Eric Cairns, Barry Richter, Jean-Yves Roy, Chris Ferraro. Sundstrom is the fourth-rated overall prospect, behind Peter Forsberg of Quebec, Paul Kariya of Anaheim, and Todd Harvey of Dallas. Hirsch is 14th; Messier is 42nd.

Mike Fornabaio -- mef17@oocities.com

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