By my comment about Price, I was hoping to have people realize that
both sides were to blame for it all.  Sure Price started the fight, but
what led up to it was caused by both teams and hopefull everybody will
see that.  As far as I know, there isn't an instigator penalty in college
hockey or else Price would have received one.  By no means am I trying to
downplay it, but if Bubba would have just taken the punches there would
have been a 5 minute Michigan advantage.  He did fight back, so that
warrants a DQ.  If things were turned around I would be upset but I would
understand the DQ because Price fought back.  I hope things are calmed
down by the weekend, but right now I feel that fuses are going to very short.
 
Alex
 
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Roger Spurgeon wrote:
 
> Alex Bricker's commments are right in the aspect that one cannot blame
> only BG for the fighting and general ugliness of the game.  Botterill
> definitely could have avoided the benchside brawl, and Merrick's classless
> crosscheck 30 seconds later was unnecessary.  But, Alex, the Price and
> Berenzweig "fight" was ALL Price.  There was no reason for the two to get
> together, Price made it happen.  Berenzweig deserved the DQ, as he didn't
> turn "turtle" and he did punch back.  But if Berenzweig deserves a 1 game
> suspension, Price deserves 2 games (I know, not gonna happen, but it's how
> I feel).
>
> >From the Top Row,
> Roger
>
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