> From: Karen Heasley <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      CC-Minn., one other thing
>
> One other thing I forgot to include in my last post.  There was a penalty
> situation, I think in the first period, where Minnesota had one person in
> the box with a 5 minute major, and then CC gets a 2 minute minor.  Minnesota
> then gets a goal, but the CC penalty continues to the end.  Was it because
> they were playing 4x4 that the CC penalty didn't end with the score?  Also,
> it appeared that the scoreboard operator isn't as familiar with the
> coincidental rules as all of us on the list are :), because at one point in
> the game when there was already a Minnesota penalty on the board, they
> proceeded to put 2 coincidentals up, but finally corrected it and removed
> them before play resumed.
 
yes, the timekeepers seemed to be operating in "clueless" mode last
night.  The CC penalty did not get wiped because the teams were at
even strength.  There was one other goof where minnesota opened it up
to 3-1 in the 2nd with 2 or 3 seconds left in a CC major, and the
remaining time was wiped of the scoreboard.  CC did skate 4 on 5 for
the 3 seconds, showing that shep (WCHA supervisor of officials and
referee last night) had at least one part of his refereeing head
screwed on correctly.
 
> And thanks to Charlie Shub, who made getting home a lot easier by telling
> us "the back door" to getting out of the Cadet Fieldhouse parking lot. :)
 
Just as long as that doesn't get to be too widely known a secret exit
passage.  Als, it isn't to be used in bad weather.
 
My thoughts were that CC didn't play as well as i've seen them play
this year.  Passes seemed not quite so crisp, they seemed to not be
getting position in too close, and they seemed not to be able to get
to rebounds.  At times, they looked as inept as they looked against
air force in the first game of that series or anchorage in the second
game.  I wish I knew enough about the game to be able to attribute
that perception to "cc was having a bad evening" versus "minnesota
took them off their game" (does that make sense?)  Clearly, against
Air Force an Anchorage, it was the former, but I just don't know
about last night.
 
last night, I gave up my top row seat to stand in the corners and be
the "semi-official" zamboni door opener.  Those of you watching might
see me behind the minnesota goal (1 & 3) dressed in blue, sporting my
air force falcons hat.
 
As an aside to Carol, I hope I got you some good press by thanking
(again) the gopher assistant coach who gave us the tour of mariucci
last spring.
 
charlie shub
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