Smith said today he had made up his mind about the Rangers' offer, but would not inform the player involved.

But neither the clubs nor the players involved confirmed that such a deal was in the works.

"Quark knows the players involved, and he can be very persuasive when he wants to be."

"Anytime you get multiple players involved, it gets more complicated," he said.

"We really did a good job getting all our players involved," Auriemma said.

Half the players involved have previously won world titles.

He will no longer do them, he said, unless he knows all the players involved.

A shake can last anywhere from a few minutes to an hour depending on the cubes rolled and the players involved.

"We got all our players involved, and Mike Richter came up with good saves when we needed them."

Last year one or two players didn't get involve in the game and it wasn't as much fun.