Shawn Mansoff, a former defenseman for the University of Maine men’s hockey team, said he has decided to attend Quinnipiac College in Hamden, Conn. Mansoff was suspended for a year by the University of Maine for his alleged role in a telephone death threat and racial slurs directed at Maine football player Dwayne Wilmot.

Mansoff, who has maintained his innocence, said he considered returning to Maine at the end of his suspension in January, but he learned Tuesday that he couldn’t qualify for a Canadian government loan to pay for his schooling. He decided to attend Quinnipiac, which will help him financially. He won’t be eligible to play until the 1999-2000 season. Mansoff, who will be a junior, has two years of eligibility remaining.