Instant replay was in use for the WCHA tournament. I don't know
what the procedure was, but I think (from the comments of the MSC
announcers) the ref had the option of asking the replay official
for a ruling. The replay official was another WCHA ref (Greg Shepherd
and Buzz Christiansen each did it for at least one game).
 
> Is this a totally hare-brained idea or does it have merit? Any one who
> knows me probably can guess my motive. In the tying goal in the U of M/CC
> game on Friday night the CC players were off-sides. If there were an
> instant replay rule the U of M coach could have contested this missed call.
 
Accroding to the MSC announcers, the refs did not consult the
replay official on the goal in question. The MSC replay that I
saw did not show enough to see if CC was offsides. What I was
wondering about was if the initial dump in was an icing... which
the replay shown on TV did not show clearly either.
 
        --david
 
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