I realize that we've beaten the topic of fish and Friday night's
Cornell-Harvard game to a pulp, but I have a question about the
Cornell-Brown game on Saturday night.
 
Three separate times during the third period, Brown players other than the
goaltender fell on the puck to stop play.  To my eye, these did not look
inadvertent.  Either the player would go down with no provokation (e.g.
without being pushed), or the player would be down and would reach out to
pull the puck under his body.  It is my understanding that this constitutes
delay of game, just as if the goaltender covers the puck outside the line
connecting the faceoff circles (as happened to Cornell's Jason Elliot earlier
this season).  However, the referees ignored these occurrences.  Am I missing
something or did the officials just blow it?
 
Thanks!
 
Howie Stein
Cornell '91