Last night the Division III UW-Stevens Point Pointers upped their record to
10-0-1 with an 8-4 win over UW-Superior.  There was a penalty situation in the
game that I do not understand and I hope someone can explain it to me.
 
Early in the 3rd period there was a pile up in our crease with 3 Pointers
sprawled on the ice and one Yellowjacket jabbing at the puck underneath
somewhere.  It took the ref a long time to blow the whistle and when he did he
gave us a 2-min delay of game which went up on the board.  But he also awarded
Superior a penalty shot!  Can you award a penalty shot for delay?  When they
converted the shot, they took the delay off the board.  I guess if he had
missed we would have been a man down - sort of double jeapordy.
 
All of this is too strange for me.  Or maybe I just don't understand the rules
as well as I thought I did.
 
Tom Rowe                 [log in to unmask]
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Truth is not always agreeable or intuitively obvious, but it
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