I've held-off responding to any of the interesting observations about the
20:00 goal in the Cornell/Colgate game from the 15th., mainly because it's
amazing to me to read all of the various perceptions that have been floating
about!  Here's the bottom line: I saw the puck go into the net exactly at the
same time the red light came on, and I shut the clock off immediately.  NO ONE,
not I, the Official Scorer, the Penaly Timekeeper, the Penalty Box Attendant,
the Referee, and/or either of the two Linesmen heard the buzzer sound.  When I
and approx. 4,000 other people looked up at the clock it read 00:00.  Now, from
my understanding of the workings of the clock, it counts down internaly by
tenths-of-a-second, but displays only whole seconds.  The REFEREE'S decision
was that since he saw the puck go into the net and never heard a buzzer, there
was at least 1/10th of a second left.  I would love to see an up-dated AND
uniform time clock system in all rinks, but that will never be. At least,
the red light/green light system should be used uniformly.  In the meantime,
the referee and linesmen need to know when time is running down in any period,
and watch the puck, and listen for the buzzer.  The proper decision was made
the other night, but everyone involved is a human being, and we could use all
of the technological help we can get!  Thanx,  George Taber.