At 06:00 AM 6/9/99 -0700, Eric and Jennifer Burton wrote:
>s that because College is cleaner or is it
>>because they wear face shields?  Ooh, I guess I shouldn't go there,
>>never mind :)
>
>
>I think that if  you look at the college game, there are way more checking
>from behind pentalties and you see this way more than in the NHL. Also take
>off the mask you would see many more college hockey players either being hit
>in the face like the pros a lot of them are inadvertant or the stick
>probably would come down because the mentality of hey I can be hit in the
>face now. I think it is the later.
 
There may be more checking from behind penalties in the college game but
from what I've seen, there isn't more checking from behind.  The games are
called differently in college and the NHL.
 
Bob Svec
 
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