Although the penalties didn't technically occur at the same time, the
recorded time of the penalties occurs at the time of the whistle.  From
that perspective, the penalties DID occur at the same time

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Michael R Patten <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> shouldnt the play have resulted in a 4 on 3? the penalties didnt occur at
> the same time, just because it was the same player do they stack
> differently? ferris should have had 2 in the box for 5 and 2 or one for 7
> but neither happened just one for 5?
>
> are am i confusing pro rules with college again?
>
>
>
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> Subject: penalties (was Re: Should Ferris's first goal have been
> disallowed?)
>
> According to the box score,
>
> http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mcorfsu1.m24
>
> Ferris State's TJ Schlueter did get a minor for hooking, a major for
> checking from behind, and a game misconduct.  However, Cole Bardreau
> (the Cornell player whom he hooked and then checked into the boards)
> also took a minor for hitting after the whistle.  Since there was
> another penalty called at the same time, neither minor went on the
> board, although I assume Bardreau had to sit for two minutes.  (If
> Schlueter hadn't been ejected, he would have had to sit for seven
> minutes and someone else would still have had to go into the box to
> serve his major so he could leave at the end of it.)
>
> Now, of course, on TV it looked like all Bardreau did to earn the
> penalty was get in Schlueter's face and start yelling at him before he
> was pulled away by another Bulldog.  But presumably the refs didn't
> want to give Cornell a 7-minute power play (I think that's what you're
> supposed to do if both penalties are to the same player), so they
> called the Bardreau penalty to make the original hooking minor go
> away.
>
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> On Sun, 25 Mar 2012, Mark Lewin wrote:
>
> > speaking of the Supreme Court, I need a ruling here.
> >
> > I just finished watching Ferris St - Cornell and I need some kind of
> > interpretation of the rules.
> >
> > Third period, score tied at 1 and Ferris takes a penalty for tripping or
> > hooking (not sure which but the announcers clearly state that there's a
> > penalty call).  Before the whistle, the Ferris St player takes the
> Cornell
> > player into the  boards.  He gets a five minute major plus a game
> > misconduct.
> >
> > But the result is that the 5 minute major is posted and Cornell gets a
> five
> > minute power play.
> >
> > What happened to the 2 minute minor?  I don't know whether it should have
> > been a 5 on 4 for seven minutes or a 5 on 3 for 2 minutes followed by a 3
> > minute 5 on 4 but for some reason, they totally ignored the original
> > minor.  What happened there?
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Bob Woodbury <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Didn't realize college hockey had a supreme court. I wonder how much
> time
> >> the players have to contemplate all these moves.
> >>
> >
>