Late in Saturday night's UW/UAA 5-5 tie, there was what appeared to be a
very questionable call against the Badgers that led to the game-tying goal.
The call was apparently made by the penalty timer (not the ref or asst.
refs), who claimed that Brad Englehart left the box early at the end of
serving a minor.  As far as I know, someone at the scorer's table can't
demand that a penalty be called any more than a fan in the stands can, but
apparently he told an asst. ref to call the penalty, who did.  The Badger
radio color guy (Bill Brophy) said that he was watching Englehart and the
clock and didn't see any early jump, which means to me that even if there
_was_ an infraction, it was a matter of under a second.
 
So... rulebook people, can you confirm that only the ref or asst. ref can
call such a penalty (similar to the old 1-ref 2-linesmen system where even
the linesmen couldn't call penalties that they saw), and not someone at the
_scorer's table_?
 
Unfortunately, the WCHA opens itself up to criticism somewhat with its
local asst. refs, since the asst. ref who called the penalty at the
scorer's request is from Anchorage.
 
Drop the puck!
 
 
-==-John R. [log in to unmask] Chem. Dept-==-
                 --- "When in doubt, roll!" ---
 
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