I agree with you mostly, but again I'll say that *in spite* of the
officiating Maine was in position to win the game.  It wasn't like
Maine had a lead in the second period and ultimately lost.  No, despite
the best attempts of the ref.. Maine held a 1 goal lead with under a
minute left.  Champions close the door.

As much as I loved that team and the inspiration they played with, they
didn't get it done.

Sure, maybe with a better official maybe Maine is ahead by more than
one goal.  But in a hostile arena, against a talented, hungry team, I
think we all would take our chances with being up 1 goal with 1 minute
to go.

Yes, we would go on to get a raw deal in overtime, but it came down to
lack of execution on a crucial play that allowed Minnesota to tie the
game.. something that we never should have allowed to happen.

-Deron


--- james acheson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree that Maine could possibly have won, but our boys were called
> for very minimal infractions and Minnisota did not get called unless
> they attempted murder.  I realize that the number of penalties were
> fairly even, but as I say, our boys were called for slight
> infractions and had to walk on eggshells the entire game.  it was not
> called evenly... that is all I ask... if you look at the log of all
> my previous posts, I think you will see that I am the most out spoken
> supporter of referees, even of bad referees... as long as they call
> the game evenly.
>
> Gravelese blows the whistle if a goalie is NEAR the puck whether it
> is loose or not, but it is evenly called.  Amian, if you have ever
> seen him in the ECAC called the most bizarre games I have ever
> seen... phantom calls one period and no calls at all the next, but it
> was fair.  Cole and Taylor were a great paid, one called thngs the
> other never.  Hache is fair, he misses every breakaway and close goal
> becuase he is out in the neutral zone, buthe is fair.
>
> THe OT penalty to Schutte was well deserved, Schutte attempted to end
> a Gopher's career with a vicious leg check.  I am all for calling OT
> penalties... but when JAckson got the goalie's forearm to the head
> right in front of Pi (as you call him) during Schuitte's minor for
> tripping, that needed to be called as well.
>
>
>
> Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I hate to say it, but even Pi didn't cost Maine the national
> championship.
>
> If Maine wins a faceoff and kicks the puck to the corner with 53
> seconds left in the game, Maine wins.
>
> I'm right with everyone else thinking that was a horrible called
> overtime (game?), but Maine did have the lead with under a minute
> left
> and couldn't hold on.
>
> -Deron
>
>
> --- james acheson wrote:
> > nice story on how Benedetto cost deluth a player for 2 games... the
> > player got his second fighting major of the season, and Benedetto
> is
> > to blame because, as the story states, he may have let the game get
> > away from him.
> >
> > I remember seeing BC getting run every which way about 3 years ago
> an
> > Merrimack, and BC never relaliated ... this weekend, John Ronan
> > skated away (albeit with a huge grin) after a Merrimack player
> tried
> > and tried and tried to get Ronan involved in a fight bedind the
> > Merrimack net. Ronan took the shots to the head and skated away.
> >
> > so let me get this striaght, if Ronan had retaliated, then it would
> > have been because Bunyon let the game get away from him... but
> > because Ronan was smart enough to draw a penalty and not get
> suckered
> > into matching minors, that muct be because he knew that Bunyon had
> > the game under control??? or because Bunyon was controlling his
> > actions...
> >
> > I wish that the coaches and players took responsibility for their
> own
> > damn actions and stopped blaming the refs. (the single caveat to
> > this was brought up a couple weeks ago by Dave W., if I remember
> > correctly...there was a game in St Paul where a leg check was
> called
> > in overtime on and then a vicious forearm to the head, sending Todd
> > Jackson into the far boards on his butt was overlooked even though
> it
> > happened right in front of Petierowski... he did not let the game
> get
> > away from him... he just called a horrible game.)
> >
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> > more shorthanded than expected as it begins a critical second-half
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> >
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