> Oh yeah, I said I'd mention Tortorella again. Sometime during the third,
> Torts (remember, he's like 5'6") was being pinned agianst the boards behind
> the play and sort of a little scuffle. as they were seperating, I turned to
> watch the play, I suddenly hear cheers from the crowd across the arena and
> the Mankato St. guy down on the ground (from my perspective, he didn't look
> in pain, as he was looking straight at the ref while holding his leg) and
> Torts skating away. Mankato St. wanted a penalty but got none. The guy who
> went down skated off under his own (after the trainer went out) with no
> limp, favoring an arm or anything, and was promptly booed for faking it (and
> I thought rightly so, course I do have a biased opinion here).
 
I don't think that fans have any business deciding whether or not a
player is injured.  I've seen this behavior in nearly every arena in
which I've seen hockey, and the same two words occur to me every time:
bush league.
 
-- Erik
 
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