If you asked most Harvard students, they probably wouldn't know what province of Canada Calgary is in.

Or even that Canada had provinces.

They probably would know that hockey was the national sport of Canada.

And they'd be wrong--lacrosse is.

So Harvard students aren't all that smart.

But hey, why should Crimson undergrads care about some place up in Alberta, about 3000 miles northwest of Cambridge? What possible connections link Calgary and Harvard?

Here's a hint--it goes beyond both the words containing seven letters, the second and fifth of which are "a"s and the sixth of which is an "r".

It's got something to do with intelligence, and something to do with hockey--and yes, those two words were just used in the same sentence.

"The NHL is beginning to realize that intelligence doesn't hurt hockey players," Norm Kwong, part-owner of the Calgary Flames, jokes.

He's not the only one having a few laughs.

Calgary blueliner Neil Sheehy says, "I joke around with the management. I say, 'Look at that, you've got one Harvard guy here, you've got to get them all.'"

Just what is Sheehy, a 1983 graduate of Harvard, talking about?

The Flames, the league's second-highest scoring squad last season, selected Belmont Hill's Chris Biotti--now a freshman residing in Weld--as their first-round pick in the most recent NHL draft. In the fourth round, Calgary took sophomore Lane MacDonald, the Crimson's first line left wing.

Current Harvard goalie Grant Blair was a sixth round '83 Flames selection.

But that's not all.