Chris Heisenberg wrote:
 
> The rule is that a player loses a year's of NCAA eligibility if he
> plays past
> his 21'st birthday.  As was pointed out, this happened this past year
> with
> Nanaimo's Kris Wallis, who turned 21 in early march (Born March 76).
> Had he
> played after that date, he would have lost a year's eligibility, so he
> chose
> to sit out the remaining games and playoffs.  Maine has made much use
> of
> three-year players in the past, including Al Loring, Campbell Blair,
> Brian
> Downing, Brian Straub.  One other player who have lost a year's
> eligibility
> was N.Dakota's Ian Kidd.
>
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Okay, well then here's another question.  UAF (Alaska Fairbanks)
recently announced Nathan Rocheleau as a transfer from from UAA (Alaska
Anchorage).  He played 1 1/2 years for UAA before returning to the Omaha
Lancers of the USHL after Christmas to play the rest of the season.  I
believe his birth date is 1/15/76, so he played junior hockey after his
21st birthday.  He obviously has to sit out 1997-98, but does he play
1998-99 as a junior or senior?  The assumption has been he'll start the
year as a junior.
 
UAF does have one player (Jamie Coady) who played junior hockey after
his 21st birthday and lost his freshman year of eligibility last year.
 
Eric
 
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