Second, who knows if its simply a matter of sudying before/after the event? Perhaps they had to travel to it, which would have made it impossible for the kids to take their exams? Perhaps it actually took place during some of the exams? Theres simply not enought facts in the story to say that the kids could have went to the function and still taken their exams.

Your point though, shows a huge problem with sports these days. The vast majority, in fact probably all, of these kids are not going to make the NHL. That means school for them is a number one priority, since hockey is nothing more then a game that will never put food on their table or buy them a home. Yet when they do put school first, people such as yourself (and Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador of course) seem to think thats a BAD thing. Get your priorities strait…. like these kids do. They are light years ahead of you.