The rule is that a player loses a year's of NCAA eligibility if he plays past his 21'st birthday. As was pointed out, this happened this past year with Nanaimo's Kris Wallis, who turned 21 in early march (Born March 76). Had he played after that date, he would have lost a year's eligibility, so he chose to sit out the remaining games and playoffs. Maine has made much use of three-year players in the past, including Al Loring, Campbell Blair, Brian Downing, Brian Straub. One other player who have lost a year's eligibility was N.Dakota's Ian Kidd. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.