Edward N. Moller writes:
> Secondly, what is the official score for a forfeit? In baseball a forfeited game
> is scored 9-0, in football it's scored 1-0. I always thought that in hockey it
> was 3-0. In 1984-85, BU won a game by forfeit against Michigan Tech after Husky
> coach Brad Buetow instructed his team to leave the ice during the second period
> after a dispute with the officials. I recall the scored at the time was something
> like 3-2 in BU's favor; the BU media guide lists the score as "1-0 (Win by
> forfeit)." Interestingly, it was Buetow's behavior at this game that led to his
> dismissal from Michigan Tech.
>
> Yeesh! I actually mentioned Dick Bertrand and Brad Buetow in the same post. I
> must be getting old.
Must be. :-)
Brad Buetow coached at Minnesota, U.S. International, and Colorado College, but
never at Michigan Tech.
-- Erik
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