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Lidstrom was voted the Sporting News Player of the Decade, but not before he completed his second season, scoring seven goals and 34 assists for 41 points.. In Larry Robinson's second season, he recorded six goals and 20 assists on his way to a Hall of Fame career that included multiple Stanley Cups and Norris Trophies as the NHL's best defender. Robinson wrestled the award away from Denis Potvin with his stellar play on the Montreal defense.. After 16 goals and 60 assists with the LA Kings in his rookie campaign, Murphy followed up with 22 goals and 44 assists in his sophomore year. Murphy went on to score over 1,000 points in his career and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.. Al MacInnis was known for a blazing slap shot, but he made a career out of a balanced performance on the blueline In his second year, MacInnis scored 14 goals and 52 assists Guy Lapointe was underrated on the Montreal blueline. He could skate, shoot, pass, and check better than most in the league.

He was also an all-star defenseman who had a blazing low, accurate shot. In his second full year, Lapointe scored 11 goals and 38 assists as he emerged as a catalyst on the Montreal power play. The Princeton Review and USA TODAY Present The Princeton Review's 100 'BestValue Colleges for 2009'U-Virginia 1 "Best Value Public College"/ Swarthmore 1 "Best Value PrivateCollege"NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ The Princeton Review, one ofAmerica's most widely-known education services and test-prep companies, hasteamed up with USA TODAY, the nation's most widely-read newspaper, to present The Princeton's Review's 100 "Best Value Colleges for 2009."The "Best Value" colleges list, reported in today's USA TODAY and onPrincetonReview /bestvaluecolleges and BestValueColleges.usatoday features 50 public and 50 private colleges and universities.In eachcategory, ten schools are named as the top ranking "Best Value" colleges:University of Virginia (Charlottesville) is the 1 "Best Value Public College"and Swarthmore College (Swarthmore PA) is the 1 "Best Value Private College." (The two top 10 lists follow.)The Princeton Review selected these institutions as its "best value" choicesfor 2009 based on its surveys of administrators and students at more than 650public and private colleges and universities.The selection criteria coveredmore than 30 factors in three areas:academics, costs of attendance, andfinancial aid, using the most recently reported data from each institution forits 2007-08 academic year.Said Robert Franek, Princeton Review VP-Publisher, "We have always believedfinding the 'best fit' college should be the foremost goal for studentapplicants and their families.But the economic crisis and financial downturnhave presented sobering challenges both to families struggling to affordcollege and to higher education institutions struggling to maintain theirprograms in the face of budget and funding shortfalls.

We are pleased topartner with USA TODAY to present these schools for all they are doing toprovide outstanding academics at a relatively low cost of attendance and/orgenerous financial aid." The Princeton Review "Top 10 Best Value Private Colleges for 2009" are:1 Swarthmore College (Swarthmore PA)2 Harvard College (Cambridge MA)3 Princeton University (Princeton NJ)4 Rice University (Houston TX)5 Yale University (New Haven CT) 6 Williams College (Williamstown MA)7 Amherst College (Amherst, MA)8 California Institute of Technology (Pasadena CA)9 Pomona College (Claremont CA)10. Stanford University (Stanford CA)The "Top 10 Best Value Public Colleges for 2009" are: 1 University of Virginia (Charlottesville VA)2 New College of Florida (Sarasota FL)3 College of William & Mary (Williamsburg VA)4 State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton NY)5 Florida State University (Tallahassee FL)6 North Carolina State University (Raleigh NC)7 Univ of California - San Diego8 City University of New York - Hunter College (New York NY)9 Univ of Georgia (Athens GA)10. The College of New Jersey (Ewing NJ)Visitors to The Princeton Review's and USA TODAY's websites can access thecomplete lists of the 50 private and 50 public "best value colleges." Only thetop 10 schools on each list are ranked: the remaining 40 are alphabeticallylisted. USA TODAY's website, (BestValueColleges.usatoday ) features adatabase that allows users to view in-depth details about the schools.

Byclicking on an interactive map, visitors can explore criteria including costof attendance and financial aid data, enrollment size, and The PrincetonReview's analysis of why each school was chosen as a "Best Value" college. The company is also known for its annualcollege, business and law school rankings reported on its website and in itsbooks in several categories based on surveys it conducts of higher educationinstitutions and of students attending the schools. The Princeton Review isnot affiliated with Princeton University or ETS.About USA TODAY:USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. With a total averagedaily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide USA TODAYis published by Gannett Co., Inc (NYSE: GCI). The USA TODAY brand alsoincludes: USATODAY , an award-winning news and information Web site that isupdated 24 hours per day; USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a magazine for enthusiastsof college and professional football and baseball; USA TODAY Mobile, offeringup-to-the minute news and information on a variety of mobile platforms anddevices; and USA TODAY LIVE, the television arm of the USA TODAY brand thatbrings the spirit and quality of the newspaper to television.Web sites: http:// http:// Princeton ReviewJeanne Krier, Publicist, 1-212-539-1350, , or HarrietBrand, Public Relations Director, 1-212-874-9282 ext 1091,, both of The Princeton Review, or Heidi Zimmerman of USATODAY, Director of Communications, 1-703-854-5304, .