> Steve C. already posted the Friday night box score.  He mentioned
> an incident in Friday's game involving Wis. goalie Jim Carey.  Carey
> saw the ref signal an upcoming penalty and skated to the Wis. bench
> thinking the penalty was on NMU.  In fact, the penalty was on Wis
> for too many men on the ice.  NMU shot the puck into the empty Wis. net.
> Carey was quite upset with this incident.  He claimed that referee
> Jim Burlew signaled the penalty while Wis. had the puck.  Hence if the
> penalty were on Wis. the whistle should have been blown immediately.
> I didn't see the play so I am just relaying Carey's version of the
> play.
 
I also didn't see the game..... the announcers on the radio didn't see
the ref raise his arm either way... (neither while Wisconsin played the
puck nor while NMU played the puck). The newspaper (sorry, can't
remember which one) reported that Berlew did indeed signal a penalty
while Wisconsin played the puck.   Since Wisconsin won anyway, it will
just be one of those things that Carey is teased about for the
rest of his career...
 
Apparently the NMU player was just a bit stunned too... he got the
puck, looked up, and the net was empty. He casually shot the puck
in...
 
        --david