Exhibit 3
Opt-In Form


   Instructions to Players Wishing to Opt In to NHL Entry Draft


     1.  Please complete the attached form.  Be sure to have it
signed by a parent or legal guardian and have it notarized by a
notary public, commissioner of oaths or its equivalent.

     2.  The form should be returned, by registered mail, to:

                     National Hockey League
                   1800 McGill College Avenue
                           Suite 2600
                    Montreal, Quebec H3A 3J6
                    Attn:  Central Registry
                                
                        with a copy to:
                                
                     National Hockey League
                  1251 Avenue of the Americas
                           47th Floor
                      New York, NY  10020
                     Attn:  Brian P. Burke
                            Senior Vice President,
                            Director of Hockey Operations

                              and:
                                
          National Hockey League Players' Association
                     One Dundas Street West
                           Suite 2300
                          P.O. Box 84
                    Toronto, Canada M5G 1Z3
                                
The form must be postmarked by May 15, or within 7 days of your
last game, whichever is later.

     3.  We will send you (and your representative, if you have
selected one) a formal acknowledgment that we have received your
opt-in form.              Election to Opt-In to NHL Entry Draft


     I, ________________, hereby irrevocably elect to be eligible
for the 1995 National Hockey League Entry Draft.  I recognize
that making this election may cause me to lose my eligibility to
participate in collegiate and other amateur competition and I
understand and accept that risk freely and knowingly.

Player Information:

Player Name:                                                     
Player Address:                                                  
                                                                 
Player Phone:                                                    
Player Birthday:                                                 
Player's Current Club or College:                                
Date of Last Game:                                               


Agent Information, if any:

Agent Name:                                                      
Agent Address:                                                   
                                                                 
Agent Phone:                                                     


                                                                 
Player                                  Parent or Guardian


On     [date]     before me personally appeared    [player]   
and [parent/guardian]   known to me to be the persons signing
this form and signed it in my presence or attested that the
signatures on the form were their respective signatures.


                                                                 
Notary Public/Commissioner of Oaths                         Date
Signed

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For Central Registry Purposes Only:


Date Received:                                      
By:                                Initialed
    Name Printed

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