> A few Maine players have done this in past Olympic years, including > Eric Weinrich and Mike Dunham. > Dunham was, if I remember correctly, a late addition to the team. Goalies are also in a somewhat unique situation. Would Tim Taylor really agree to having three key members of the team not play in the training tour? Oops.... forgot that Kariya is a Canadian...would the Canadian coach agree? Time will tell...... If they do skip the training tour is that really fair to the other players? UVM had a great player in the late seventies name Craig Homola (perhaps I've got the spelling wrong). He was offered a late opportunity to join the U.S. Olympic team and turned it down because he didn't think it would be fair. The year? 1980. Wonder what he thinks now......... -- ******************************************************************************* Jon Greene [log in to unmask] Data General Corp., Westboro, MA *******************************************************************************