>        Is Tamburro the obvious choice for captain next year ?
>        I realize the players vote on this but it seems like he was
>        trying to exert his leadership abilities during the end of the
>        season and into the playoffs.
>        Also, I've never heard of a goalie captain.  Have there ever been
>        such things?
 
There have been goalie captains in the past (I believe Brian Hayward was one
his senior year at Cornell, or maybe it was Darren Eliot), but for the last
I-don't-know-how-many years, goalies have been specifically prohibited from
being captains by NC$$ rules.  Actually, what the rulebook says is,
"No goalkeeper shall be entitled to exercise the privileges of captain"
(Rule 2-2b), which essentially means they can't discuss rule interpretations
with the referees, and I guess they can't wear the "C" either.  That doesn't
mean a goaltender can't be an "honorary" captain; in fact, I recall a team
having a goalie as an honorary captain this year (of course, I have no idea
which team it was).  But a goaltender can't be an official team captain.
 
I suppose part of the reason goaltenders are excluded from being full-
fledged captains is that they are also prohibited by NC$$ rules from crossing
the center-ice red line, unless they're heading to the bench -- making it
kind of difficult for them to go to the other end of the ice to find out
what's going on in a penalty situation or something.
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