Rob Callum says:
 
>         I am not from Maine and I also think it was a brillant move. There
> is very little difference between intentionally sending out an extra man
> and "intentionally" knocking the goal off its moorings, or "intentionally"
> falling down on the puck during a face-off late in a game (I saw Dave
> Poulin do that a few years back for the Bruins). All of the maneuvers are
> against the rules, and all should be called, but until refs decide to call
> them, in my opinion the tactics remain fair game. Walsh's ploy may have
> been more blatant than other ways of erasing time and/or delaying the
> game, but if it works...
>
>         If I was a BU fan, my gripe would be the refs, not Walsh. How
> could they miss the fifth man on the ice, considering they had *just*
> called the penalty??
 
Somehow I get the feeling I will be less sympathetic in the future to
coaches' and fans' complaining about the quality of reffing in
college hockey.
 
                        - Stephen Leroy