>From: Brian Morris <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Sun Apr 07, 2002  11:51:14 AM US/Eastern
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Frozen Four Officiating
>
>Twice Hauser whacked the Maine forwards with his stick, the first
>time in the face, the second time a vintage Billy Smith trip.
>Pietrowski adopted the old skewed "call nothing" philosophy for the
>rest of the game, finally using his whistle to end the game by
>calling Maine's Schutte for a trip so blatant that the Minnesota
>player flew about three feet in the air before hitting the ice.

The difference being, and this doesn't justify either the no-call or the
calling of the penalties, was that Schutte's trip took away a potential
scoring opportunity. Hauser, however, in the post-game press conference, was
asked about the calls and he knew that he got away with a tripping penalty.

Also, Metcalf really went off on the officiating and the NCAA in the press
conference. Piotrowski was the official who tossed Shawn Walsh last year
near the end of Maine's 3-1 loss to BC at Worcester.

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