Tuesday's AP report ...
 
ECAC
Preliminary Round
Tuesday, March 8
   Colgate 4, St. Lawrence 3
   Cornell 5, Princeton 4, OT
Quarterfinals
(Best-of-3)
Friday, March 11
   Cornell (8-15-5) at Harvard (19-4-4)
   Colgate (14-15-2) at Clarkson (17-7-4)
   Union, N.Y. (14-9-4) at RPI (18-7-4)
   Vemont (14-10-6) at Brown 13-10-4
Saturday, March 12
   Cornell at Harvard
   Colgate at Clarkson
   Union, N.Y. at RPI
   Vemont at Brown
Sunday, March 13
   Cornell at Harvard, if necessary
   Colgate at Clarkson, if necessary
   Union, N.Y. at RPI, if necessary
   Vemont at Brown, if necessary
 
The latest from AP on Maine ...
 
   BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- A judge delayed a ruling Tuesday
on Maine's request for an order that would allow its defending
national champion hockey team to play in this weekend's Hockey
East tournament.
   On Monday, Maine officials asked Penobscot County Superior
Court Justice Robert L. Browne for a temporary restraining
order and an injunction against Hockey East requiring that
the Black Bears be included in the post-season competition.
   Lawyers for Hockey East filed a response to Maine's request
late Tuesday.
   Browne, who had planned to rule on the case Tuesday, said
he would review the league's filings and issue his decision
Wednesday.
   "The Hockey East Association has acted completely within
its charter in this matter and we believe that we have the
right and responsibility to address the problems that have
emerged in the University of Maine athletic department," said
Hockey East Commissioner Robert M. DeGregorio Jr.
   The vote to bar Maine came last week after a team member,
Patrice Tardif, was found to have been academically ineligible
for much of the 1993-1994 season.
   Tardif was one of five graduate student-athletes who were
misinformed about the number of credits they needed in order
to play. That led to the suspension of the school's athletic
director and compliance officer.
The NCAA ruled last week that Maine would have to forfeit the
games in which Tardif played while he carried less than eight
credits. But it reinstated Tardif for the remainder of the season.
   Maine officials said the league's decision to bar the hockey
team from the tournament was "arbitrary and capricious."
   "We feel strongly that students should not be punished for
events over which they had no control," said university
President Frederick E. Hutchinson in a statement.
   "The NCAA says the team is eligible to compete, and we
believe Hockey East should acknowledge that and treat the
university's students the same way it treats students from
other universities."
   Maine spokesman John Diamond said the team is continuing
to practice and is prepared to take the ice Thursday against
Boston University.
 
 
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