A pio must be referring to a Piotrowski (sp), the ref
who threw Walshy out of his last game and called the
penalty in Minneapolis that cost Maine the
championship.

--- Bob Woodbury <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You are going to have to help me here. What's a pio?
>
> Jeff and Tracy wrote:
>
> >......let me finish that one......pio, twice.
> Nobody else could ever come near as close to as
> damaging a penalty, with as many non-calls prior to
> "the big one".....
> >
> >
> >>From: Jeff and Tracy <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Date: 2003/12/14 Sun AM 10:53:50 EST
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: Re: officiating and control and "poor
> officiating"
> >>
> >>as far as officials go, I have one major gripe,
> and one only........pio.
> >>
> >>
> >>>From: james acheson <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>Date: 2003/12/14 Sun AM 10:17:44 EST
> >>>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>>Subject: officiating and control and "poor
> officiating"
> >>>
> >>>the only "poor officiating"I have ever seen in
> hockey east is by hache...
> >>>Andrews call his game, and he is fair, fiar to
> both teams... not a judgement, poor-fair-good
> -excellent.. but he is fair to both teams and he is
> a fine ref.
> >>>
> >>>the poor officiating that Hache does is not even
> based on his calls or non calls for penalties... it
> is poor because he is out of position to make calls.
> >>>
> >>>Is gravelese "poor" becasue he blows the whistle
> when he loses sight of the puck around a goalie...
> even when the puck is loose? the answer is "no, the
> rulebook states that a ref. will blow the whistle
> when he loses sight of the puck"  not when the
> goalie hs it covered up.
> >>>
> >>>next...
> >>>"had control"  I will still never understand how
> a referee has or does not have control... those a re
> big boys out there, it is up to the coaches and the
> players to control things, not the ref.
> >>>
> >>>how in hell is a ref gonna control Prestin Ryan?
> either he controls himself, or Whitehead benches
> him.  there is nothing that a ref can do within the
> rules to "control" Ryan.
> >>>
> >>>I have seen the present dartmouth coach give a
> ref the finger while yelling at him... then he sends
> the goons out to retaliate against the other team...
> the ref. calls the bench minor for abuse of
> officials, but the ref cannot control whether the
> goon boards someone... he can only call the panalty
> when it is deserved... the COACH controls the
> players, and the players control whether they will
> do what the coach tells 'em to do.
> >>>
> >>>Anthony DelMonaco <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>haha...between the storming off the ice and
> goalie of the year yacey throwing his stick into the
> goal and storming off like a 4 year old kid who
> couldn't have a toy...oh wait...a 4 year old doesn't
> act that damn pathetic...on another note, i think
> prestin stayed relatively calm...i never knew that
> it was a 2 min penalty for trying to avoid a
> collision...andrews made the right call on the no
> goal...but there were other calls that were right
> infront of his face...i can think of one where i
> believe it was greg moore(don't quote me on that
> one) got hit from behind like 2 feet from
> andrews...no call...to me he never really had
> control...but with all of the poor  officiating, the
> maine guys, especially prestin stayed calm, they
> didn't get rattled and showed why they are the #3
> team in the country...
> >>>
> >>>mosey
> >>>
> >>>William <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>Well over half shook hands? Gee, that's terrific.
> That's what I call Ivy sportsmanship at its best.
> >>>
> >>>[log in to unmask] wrote:
> >>>6 to 8 is a guess. Well over half of the
> Dartmouth players shook hands.
> >>>
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