Bruce Spencer writes:
>Would cooperative school/work programs such as Northeastern's create special
>circumstances as well?  Just wondering!
 
Actually, I can tell you that at Northeastern, there are cases where
players are not in school during the season.  Because of co-op, students
sometimes work in the fall and/or winter, which run from Oct-Dec and
Jan-March.
 
Since co-op is considered a part of the education at Northeastern
(and, increasingly, other schools), a player taking part in co-op is
considered to be making satisfactory progress towards a degree and so
can play.  That is, presuming he (or she) was maintaining good
academic progress as well.
 
However, since it isn't the easiest thing to work an 8+ hour a day job
and make it to practices & games daily, especially since some co-op
jobs take students all over the world, it is also not unusual for
hockey players to schedule their co-op (usually 2 of 4 quarters a
year) in the off season.  That would be Spring & Summer - April-June
and July-September.  So most players, from my experience, are actually
in school during the season, but there were a few with local co-op
jobs who did work during the season.
 
- mike, manager, Northeastern, 1988 Beanpot & Hockey East champs :-)
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Mike Machnik                                          [log in to unmask]
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