Mike Machnik writes:
 
>With 5:47 left, Merrimack was assessed a penalty, putting BU on the power
>play.  BU was ahead 2-1.  There was a faceoff with about 4:17 left (and :30
>left on the penalty).  For the next :40, BU controlled play in the
>Merrimack zone, until it was discovered that the clocks were not running
>and play was blown dead.  :40 were taken off the clock (down to 3:37) and
>the player in the box was set free.
 
        I'm surprised they didn't put ten seconds back and reset the
clock to 3:47 (when the penalty was supposed to end).  After all, even
if BU didn't score, it was ten more seconds that Merrimack was on the
penalty kill while trying to mount a comeback.  Then of course the
question is what if Merrimack had scored shorthanded in those ten
seconds.
 
        Not quite so bad as the 1995 MIT-Caltech game, when they
played 30 seconds with the wrong team on the power play.  The
officials put the time back on the clock and started over.
 
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