ANOTHER LEAGUE THREATENED BY LITIGATION

     The Minnesota Arctic Blast are suing Roller Hockey Int'l in
an attempt to jump from the league -- a move that "could lead to
the disintegration" of the league and provide "an opening" for
the NHL to sponsor roller hockey teams, according to this
morning's Minneapolis STAR-TRIBUNE.  Paul McEnroe reports that
Blast President Peter Jocketty says he has "had conversations"
with NHL officials "who are showing interest" in roller hockey.
Jockety:  "The NHL wants a situation where each NHL owner would
have the right of first refusal when it comes to operating a
roller team in a particular city."  The Blast will present its
case in front of U.S. District Judge David Doty, claiming that
RHI "fraudulently charged varying franchise fees that
discriminated between teams," while violating state franchise
laws by failing to "file or register a public offering
statement."  Jockety blames team losses of $500,000 in '94 on
poor league operations (STAR-TRIBUNE, 10/26).