Penobscot County Superior Court Justice Robert Browne has
accepted a joint motion from the University of Maine and
the Hockey East Association to withdraw UMaine's lawsuit
against HE.
 
UMaine spokesman John Diamond told the Bangor Daily News
Tuesday it was decided it was unnecessary to pursue the
lawsuit against HE for the league's banishing the school's
hockey team from the league playoffs.
 
UMaine was granted a restraining order by Justice Browne
that allowed it to play top-seeded Boston University in
the quarterfinal two weeks ago. BU swept UMaine in the
best of three series.
 
UMaine head coach Shawn Walsh told WLBZ-TV in Bangor
he is glad to put the lawsuit in the past.
 
HE is reportedly revamping its bylaws to permit it to
ban teams from the playoffs for "lack of institutional
control," the reason cited in its decision to ban the
Black Bears from the playoffs.
 
Walsh said he is pleased HE is revising its rules. We
would not have taken this to court if the league had
the power to ban us, Walsh said. Hopefully there won't
be any doubt about the conditions in which teams can
be banned from the playoffs, he said.
 
 
Ryan Robbins
Stodder Hall
University of Maine
 
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