As y'all probably know by now, Cornell's Vinnie Auger was whistled for a
ten-minute misconduct in Saturday's game against Yale for playing without a
mouthguard.  I'm curious about something, and I'm too lazy to look it up in the
rulebook (plus, I don't know where my copy is...)
 
There are two other penalties I can think of that deal with player equipment and
safety, playing without a helmet and playing with a broken stick.  Both of these
are two-minute minor penalties, and I was wondering if either carried a
mandatory misconduct.  I suspect they do... it would seem odd to me to toss a
player for ten minutes for failing to wear a mouthguard but for only two minutes
(although with a corresponding reduction in manpower for his team) for the
perhaps more serious helmet and stick violations.
 
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Bill Fenwick
Cornell '86 and '95
LET'S GO RED!!                                                  DJF  5/27/94
"So what's Cornell's strategy now -- go to the net?"
-- Grady Whittenberg, Cornell (WQNY) play-by-play announcer, following the
   clean-up efforts after Providence goalie Dan Dennis got sick on the ice
   during the first round of the Syracuse Invitational
 
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