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I would have to agree with you. Buzz is the worst WCHA ref around.
Jeff
On Mon, 6 Mar 1995, Matt Rein #3 wrote:
> Bob Ames and Buzz Christensen were the refs at the Minnesota/St. Cloud State
> game yesterday. Usually when Brutal Bob Ames is out there he is clearly the
> worst ref on the ice. But when Buzzy steps on the ice, Ames is clearly
> outclassed in the "real bad ref" department.
>
> Worst call of the year award might go to our friend Buzz Christensen in
> yesterday afternoon's game against St. Cloud State at Mariucci Arena.
>
> In the third period, the play left the St. Cloud zone and went the other way.
> Nick Checco went to skate around the St. Cloud net but the goaltender Brian
> Leitza stepped out of his crease to interfere with Checco. The fans went
> crazy.
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> Good old Buzzy, hearing the fans, turns around to see Checco and Leitza
> falling to the ice. He calls Checco for interference with the goaltender.
>
> St. Cloud then scored on the powerplay to pull within 1 goal of the Gophers.
>
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> In the first period, Ames was on the goal line, Buzzy was above the faceoff
> circle on the other side of the rink. Along the boards, between the blue line
> and Buzzy, a Gopher player was pulled down. After a short delay, Ames, across
> the rink, seeing Buzzy with his hands in pockets, blows the whistle and calls
> the penalty. Wow!
>
> --
> - Matt Rein
> - [log in to unmask]
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