> At 08:36 PM 4-5-2002 -0500, Bill Fenwick wrote:
> >I'm sure it's worked on other occasions, but this is the first time I've
> >heard of the stick-measurement strategy being successful (not that
> >somebody was caught, but that the team on the resulting power play
> >actually scored

1993 Stanley Cup Finals.  Gretzky-led Kings up 2 games to 1 with a one goal lead late in game 4
and get called for a penalty.  Montreal then calls for a stick measurement on Marty McSorley, and
the stick is found to be illegal.  I the resulting 6 on 4, Montreal scored, and eventually won in
overtime.  Instead of LA being up 3 games to 1, the series was tied, and Montreal went on to win.
You could say that this incident was the turning point in the series.

Evidently, what the pros do (and there's no reason college players couldn't do it too) is to
switch to a legal stick the last few minutes of the game.  Marty McSorley had a legal stick on the
bench, but Marty, not being the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, forgot.

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