This from Paul Allan, the SID at Mankato. > >For Immediate Release >Jan. 9, 1995 > >Mankato State Hockey Program Receives Waiver For NCAA Division I Compliance > > Dallas, Tex. --- Mankato State University representatives have >received word from the NCAA that a waiver of one year of the two-year >compliance period has been granted in MSU's plan to move the school's men's >hockey program from NCAA Division II to Division I. The vote on MSU's >request for the waiver came today at the annual NCAA Convention taking >place in Dallas, Tex. > The waiver allows the Maverick men's hockey program to compete as a >NCAA Division I independent program for the 1996-97 season. > "We are extremely pleased that the NCAA membership saw fit to grant >this waiver," said MSU president Dr. Richard R. Rush. "This is another >important step in the plan to move our hockey program towards full-fledged >NCAA Division I membership as quickly as possible." > Don Amiot, MSU Director of Men's Athletics, echoed Rush's >sentiments. "The granting of the waiver is important to us for several >reasons," said Amiot. "From a scheduling stand-point it means that other >NCAA Division I hockey programs can play us immediately without impacting >their power rating. It also will allow our coaching staff to immediately >begin to recruit for student-athletes on the same basis as other NCAA >Division I programs." > > >Paul Allan >Sports Information Director >Mankato State University > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + Lynn Burke - Newport News, Va. + + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + ``When the seagull follows the trawler, it is because it expects sardines + + to be thrown into the sea'' -- Eric Cantona + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.