I think Prestin is the kind of guy one doesn't want to cut off in traffic.
He is instant road rage. I believe Coach Whitehead had a part in cooling
off Prestin by keeping him on the bench for awhile after the incident. I
will say that Prestin played a good game and was very physical during the
stretch in 2nd when BC was controlling the game. Prestin seemed to be the
only one who could clear the puck out of Maines zone. All in all a good win
by Maine, need that effort tonight.

At 10:27 PM 12/7/01 EST, you wrote:
>When is No. 24 going to smarten up and learn to control his temper?
>
>He was the target of a vicious cross-check around the neck/head area,
which knocked off his helmet, and he was understandably pissed off.  But
his reaction was obviously out of control--swinging his stick at the BC
bench and then trying to punch the BC backup goalie as he skated by.
>
>If he had connected when swinging his stick, he could have inflicted
serious injury on one or more players who were on the bench when his
incident took place.
>
>Unfortunately, Ryan has a history of losing control of his emotions. Some
day, if he (or Coach Whitehead) doesn't get things under control, he's
going to do something that he--and we--will regret.
>