If a participant is a member of a men's Frozen Four team they are replaced with an 
alternate.

Sean

On 11 Mar 2010 at 16:11, Mark Lewin wrote:
 
>  I have a question about the skills competition as I haven't been to
>  the
> Final Four since the skills inception.  I notice several players
> listed whose teams are likely to be selected for the NC$$ tournament. 
> Assuming their teams make it to the final four and assuming their
> teams win their semifinal games,  do these players still compete in
> the skills competition even though they will be playing for the
> national championship the following day? If I was a coach with a shot
> at the national title the next day, I'm not sure I would be happy to
> see one of my star players competing on what should be a day of rest
> before the big game.
>