Roche himself said in one of the papers that he directed it in with his
skate.  He claims to not have made a kicking motion, which is where I
disagreed.

But James is right, that one play (much like the pass interference call
against the Pats Saturday night!) did not decide the game.


On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:15:39 -0800, "james acheson"
<[log in to unmask]> said:
> I am not sure whether it was a goal or not, but if the way Bernard
> explained it was
>   BU was pushed into the crease, then there is no man in the crease
>   violation.
>    
>   AND, if Roche (I think ) kicked the puck TO HIS STICK and then the puck
>   went in, it is a goal.
>    
>   the NESN replay did not show whether the puck hit the stick or not, but
>   it certainly could have.  And the only way that a head official would
>   ever reverse his call of "no goal" is when he is fullyconfident that
>   the assistant say something that the head ref absolutely did not see.
>    
>   that still does not excuse the way the D played.
>    
>   I do not know if anyone mentioned it, but Levs, Tyler and Plaszcz were
>   all injured in that game.
> 
> Jon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>     Very disappointing loss. Teams will score goals on you like that when
>     your D is flatfooted. Not only is Levs out but Tyler was also in
>     street clothes after the 1st period
>   I wonder if Benedetto will explain why he overturned the call he made
>   correctly originally. I remember when Maine had a home ice advantage:)
>   Tomorrows game is going to be  tough, not sure how they are going to
>   get turned around. My guess is there are quite a few down Black Bears
>   right now. 
>    
>    Jon
>  
>   On 1/13/06, Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:   Maine
>   falls 3-2 blowing leads of 1-0 and 2-1 early in the third.  BU
> got a hometown call on the first goal from what I could see on the TV 
> replay, but certainly SOMEONE blew it on the game-winner as Ken Roche
> was wide open cruising down the slot and Macarthur fed him perfectly
> for the goal. (No one was near Roche)
> 
> I have to say, this is a very disappointing loss.  Maine played a great 
> first period, but couldn't generate more offense and couldn't even get
> out of the period with a lead thanks to the controversial goal.  Maine
> outshot BU 17-5 in the first according to the commentators.
> 
> Michel Leveille was injured in the third period and it looked pretty 
> nasty.  Michel tried to leap a defender as he streaked down the wing
> near the bench and he got upended and his leg came up and smashed into
> the glass where it began.  He was helped off the ice and did not
> return. 
> 
> Lundin played in net, but he didn't get a lot of help on the BU goals
> between the kicked-in goal and two goals where he was essentially left
> high and dry.
> 
> We really should have had this one.  We let it slip away. 
> 
> -Deron
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
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