Potter: Senior SCSU hockey players 'crossed the line'

Now we know the rest of the story. Sounds like there was a big party down in Florida after the SCSU Huskies won their holiday tourney the Florida College Classic and the president of SCSU doesn't blame the coaches for the incident in Florida. Porter says he is proud of them. Apparently the beat writer for the Florida Everblades Naples News Woody Wommack saw the SCSU Huskies loading up the team vans with beer. I am not an expert with NCAA rules but I can't imagine the NCAA looking to fondly at this incident.

Potter also told the paper that he's "proud of my coaches. I'm proud of my athletic director. We had a couple young men, who are seniors and should have known better, and they crossed the line."

This is where things get interesting for me. Following the tournament's championship game, I finished my work and was headed home. I stopped for gas at the new Race Trac gas station near the intersection of Daniels and I-75. Also there were three 15-passenger vans carrying the entire St. Cloud State team.

As I filled my car up with gas, I watched player after player leave the store with beer and get into the vans. I figured the team was celebrating the tournament victory, but I also wondered how team officials, who were driving the vans, could allow players to buy large amounts of beer and bring them on the team van.

Normally, I would keep this information to myself, the team won the tournament and they wanted to blow off some steam. But for the St. Cloud State president to put all the blame on the players and say his staff was innocent is a little irresponsible.

What do you think? Are you happy the Everblades signed Mosey or do you think they should stay away from players with sketchy backgrounds?

DU's Anthony Maiani suspended.

Seems that DU hockey team is going to be short in the line up for the next three games as Anthony Maiani has gotten himself into disciplinary trouble, it would be interesting to see what this undisclosed team rule was? I am sure Mr. Maiani wasn't out raising hell, that stuff never happens in Denver.

Junior wing Anthony Maiani, who led the team in scoring last season, will begin a three-game suspension in today's exhibition game against the University of Calgary. Maiani broke an undisclosed team rule and also will miss next weekend's season-opening, two-game nonconference series against visiting Vermont.

Maiani led DU with 30 assists and 41 points as a sophomore. He is practicing with the team but not skating on a regular line.

"It's going to be tough sitting out, watching the team play," Maiani said. "I'm just working hard in practice and being supportive of the team. I'll be ready when I get back in the lineup." [Denver Post]