Deron Treadwell wrote:
>
> At 01:00 AM 12/1/97 -0500, Dave Hendrickson wrote:
> >Well, I thought the USCHO article (as opposed to the nonsense on the
> >message board) was balanced, although I may be biased since I wrote
> >it.  :-)
>
> Dave,
>
> Can you comment on the hit.  Was it simply a 5 min hit from behind or was
> it more or less?  As an objective observer of this game I am very
> interested in your assesment of the play.
>
 
Unfortunately, I wasn't looking at Mowers until the instant before it
happened.  One of the things that I like to do is look at things away
from the puck, especially when there is no immediate goal-scoring
possibility.  Additionally, the hit happened on the press box side,
which meant that the boards blocked out all but the first second that I
saw.  I would have had a much better view if it had been on the opposing
side.
 
As a result, I'm not much of an "expert witness."  From my limited
perspective, it was hit from behind, but the "viciousness" of which I
really can't comment on.
 
I will add that since I'd been finishing up a USCHO feature on Travis
Roy, the hit on Mowers became even more chilling.  That was a very long
15 minutes.  I've never seen a crowd go from such happiness to such
fear.
 
Dave