Thanks very much to Robin Lock for the following and also to Arthur Mintz
who relayed Joe Marsh's comments that Mike Allain of SLU is okay.  I
apologize for mixing up Shaun Hannah and Ryan Hughes of Cornell as far as
who actually hit Allain.  - mike
 
>     SLU's Mike Allain is apparently OK after his scary crash into the
>boards in the ECAC final - looks like just a sprained neck.  Word from
>the trainer is that he wanted to get up but he had an uncontrollable twitch
>which was a dangerous sign.  North Country fans were concerned and the
>local paper didn't even mention the incident in its report on the game
>so we had trouble determining the status.  It's fortunate that SLU had the
>lead when Allain went out - with Martin Lacroix already on the bench with
>an ankle injury from the previous night - the Saints had to make some
>significant line adjustments which would have been much more difficult
>on tired legs if they were trying to catch up.