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> Where this stems from is something Mike, I believe, mentioned and > that is the NCAA banning Maine from using "exemptions" next season. > I will not theorize as to what that exactly means, but it does apply > to the postseason conference tournaments and thus Maine will not > participate in this year's HEA. Maybe. I re-listened carefully to the teleconference from the NCAA, and David Swank of the committee on infractions specfically said that the Conference tournament ban was up to the individual conference because those games are considered, in effect, part of the regular-season. Where the term "exemptions" comes in is, The conference tournaments are "exempted" from being counted toward your season limit of regular-season games. I forget what it is in HEA, but in the ECAC, the non-Ivies are limited to 32 games --- they can get exemptions for certain things, most notably the Conference tournaments. I heard nothing in the teleconference or in print saying the NCAA has banned Maine from using its exemptions. But I can tell you definitively what "exemptions" means. So, if the NCAA has banned Maine from using exemptions, as Deron says, then that would Definitively mean that Maine was banned from the HEA tournament. But, Swank specifically stated that it was up to the conference officials. It's possible that HEA has already decided but didn't make any official announcement. Adam Wodon - AC Productions Host: "Around the Rinks" - The only National College Hockey talk show http://www.audionet.com/sports/shows/rinks/ Premiers: September 23 HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.