Bingo, don't know why my reply to that did'nt post.
>
> From: Matt Dewkett <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2003/12/14 Sun PM 01:12:39 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: officiating and control and "poor officiating"
>
> 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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