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> From: Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Wayne State forfeits
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> Just out of curiosity...
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> It was reported on USCHO back in January that Wayne State had used an
> ineligible player during fall semester and as a result would "apparently" have
> to forfeit six wins and a tie. Yet there seems to be no evidence of the
> forfeits having ever happened; USCHO reports Wayne State's record as 12-16-2
> rather than the 6-23-1 it would be with the forfeited games, and nowhere on the
> USCHO site, CHA site, or Wayne State site does the question of the forfeits
> seem to be addressed further.
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> I was wondering if the NCAA decided not to enforce the forfeits due to
> it being the
> player, rather than the coach or school, who was hiding something.
Bill or others -
Does anyone know if the rules on player participation in D-II are
different than the rules in D-I? Perhaps, since Wayne State is
officially D-II this year (but ineligible for the D-II tourney since they
are upgrading to D-I in hockey), they didn't have to forfeit?
(Apparently, earlier in the year Wayne State thought they might be D-I,
but tourney-ineligible, and the NCAA later clarified [cite: John Wheelan
(sp?)] that Wayne State was not D-I.)
I know that older players (e.g., guys who had played organized hockey
after some Magic Age (18? 19? 20?)) lose a year of D-I eligibility for
each year they played after the Magic Age. But I had heard that those
players don't lose any years of D-II eligibility for years played after
the Magic Age.
(At least, that was the rule as recently as a couple of years ago.)
Perhaps major-junior players are also D-II eligible?
Could this be a situation where Wayne State didn't have to forfeit due to
following D-II rules rather than D-I rules???
Thanks,
Tim Newman
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