Just a footnote after watching a half dozen games on satellite it seems
to me that the referees in the States are trying their hardest to take
hitting out of hockey altogether.Perhaps the NCAA has instructed them to
do this but they sure control a game the way they want to. I say get rid
of the two referees and go back to one,and this is an old experienced ref
speaking!!!
 
On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, Ralph N. Baer wrote:
 
> Karen Ambrose wrote:
>
> >This brings back fond memories of Greg's and my first post-graduation road
> >trip to Union and RPI during the '76-'77 season.  We played Union on Friday
> >night and lost 8-4, in a game dominated by the officiating of the one and
> >only Giles Threadgold.
>
> Thanks to Karen for answering something that has bothered me every time
> someone has mentioned bad officiating (which happens quite often :-) ).
> I kept trying to remember Threadgold's name but couldn't.  Somehow he
> always seemed to have an undue influence on the games that he reffed.
> It seemed like in some games he called all the penalties and offsides
> against RPI and sometimes all of them in RPI's favor (although the
> latter case seemed to be less frequent).  I assume that he is long gone
> from the eastern college hockey scene.
>
> Ralph Baer
> RPI '68, '70, '74
>