I too have to agree that UAF coach Don Lucia would not intentionally cover
up a player's past to get an extra year out of him; those things always
come back to haunt you.  But the eligibility rules can be quite confusing
and it's very likely that a simple oversight occurred.  Briefly, a player
loses a year of eligibility for each year of organized hockey he plays
past the age of 20 - that is, if he is 20 before the season starts.  I am
not sure as to the definition of the start of the season, so this could be
where the confusion lies.  Since I don't know, I don't want to speculate
beyond giving this as a possibility...but it is important to remember that
the rules are so complex that oversights do occur, they have in the past and
likely will again.
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Mike Machnik    [log in to unmask]   mikem@{beanpot,bubba}.ma30.bull.com
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