To answer some of the questions posed: Shawn was not really accountable to anyone. Technically, yes, he answered to the AD and the President, but anyone who has followed UM for a while might recall that those two posts, until recently with the hiring of Fred Hutchinson and Sue Tyler, have been...unstable...to say the least. And I'll repeat one more time: Woody Carville, who was supposed to be watching eligibility (and will go down in the Scapegoat Hall Of Fame) was working in a janitor's closet with a computer more outdated than my mother's old 286. So the only people the hockey program answered to was its booster club. I have said before that I won't comment on the NCAA investigation which is still going on, but I'll say this one thing: The NCAA has about as much compassion for schools and athletes as the Grinch had for Cyndi-Lou Who. Mike Dunham was the only Maine player to make the US or Canadian Olympic Hockey Teams in 1992. And yes, he did come back to play for us the next season...Either that or his twin brother is a hell of a goalie too. Jean-Yves Roy played for the Canadian Team early on, but was inexplicably cut in October of 1991 (and a brief "thank you" to the coaches). In 1994 Maine had Garth Snow, Mike Dunham, Chris Imes, Peter Ferraro (Chris was the last man cut) and Matt Martin on the US squad, and Paul (missed a gold medal by a crossbar) Kariya on the Canadian team. As far as I know, no violations occurred which could take away the championship, however, see above paragraph for my opinion of the NCAA in this regard. Also, please note I said that none occurred which could take it away, I didn't say that none occurred. But if anyone does come to take our banners and rings, my ring, um fell off...um...when I was shoveling snow...yeah, that's it. The boosters: The boosters, who were named (along with the player) in the Portland Press Herald today, have been "disaccociated" from the university. They can have no contact with any UM staff or athlete in the next two years. It may be a stretch, but I hope Friends of Maine Hockey will also disassociate them, but then again they're the ones who supplemented Shawn's salary during the suspension. A question I am waiting to have answered is, If there were 40 violations, and 27 were by the hockey team, what are the other 13? I hope the media do a better job reporting this story than they've done in the past. I also would like to commend Suzanne Tyler and Fred Hutchinson for taking these steps (although some will say its not enough). It sends the message that, for a change, Shawn and the rest of the coaches are going to be accountable to someone. One thought before I depart for my last day on the L.L. Bean pack line: Now that Suzanne Tyler is in charge of the Athletic Dept. I hope the University will not resort to the same type of tactics they used against people last time around. I refer to the scapegoating of one Jeff Tory and the afore-mentioned Mr. Carville. I hope that I don't start reading the same type of stories I read before, that led people to believe Jeff was a brick-headed athlete and Woody was a bungling old man. Until yesterday, this is the opinion many people here had...perhaps many still think all of this is their fault. But the blame lies squarely on one man, who will be thinking about it every day for the next 368 days. But the people of Maine will be living with this for a much longer period of time. Merry Christmas, Happy Wrestli..err Boxing Day and Happy Hannukah to you all. John Forsyth HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.