> On Sat, 28 Jan 1995, David Parter wrote:
 
> > Towards the end of the second, however, there was a major scuffle in
> > front of the Badger net. Shepard and Schmidt just watched, but by the
> > time a Minnesota player had wrapped around the net, the whistle had
> > blown. One ref signalled goal, but the other waved it off.
 
 
> SOUR GRAPE ALERT --- SOUR GRAPE ALERT --- SOUR GRAPE ALERT
 
> Actually, the TV replay showed that the puck was clearly in the net a
> full second or two *before* the whistle. Shoulda been a goal, shoulda
> been a tie at the end of regulation, dang it all!
 
I watched the Wisconsin Public Television replay later... and the UW
announcers at first also thought the goal was going to count, and then
concluded that a delayed penalty must have been on Minnesota. If one
cares to guess what was going on, the replay showed a Minnesota player
(one who did get a penalty) hitting Elick before he cross-checked in
retaliation, which (together) more or less started everything in front
of the net.
 
And now for my rule book trivia question of the night: if a player
loses his stick, can a teammate pick it up (and return it) while
holding his own stick? I don't know the rule, but it would seem
to me that a player should have at most one stick at a time.
 
        --david