Those people, including myself, that found the explanations a bit ...
er ...  brief, should take a look at this weeks Hockey East Preview
article by Dave Hendrickson on USCHO:

      http://uscho.com/m/he/?data=preview

(After this week, look for the Nov 30th HEA preview article).

It appears the NCAA enforces its rules strictly, no matter how
reasonable, or unreasonable, they might be.  For those of us that
believe in college opportunities, these are sad stories indeed.  :-(

Go Maine!

Wayne T. Smith
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