At 10:46 AM 2-1-1998 -0500, Andrew J. Weise wrote:
 
>>The play opened up a bit in OT until the one play that marred the game.
>>At 2:04 of OT Charlie Moxham skated up to Mark Murphy behind the Union
>>end line and viciously speared him across the mid-section.
>>Moxham was called for a major spearing call and a game disqualification.
>
>Being at the opposite end of the ice, I never saw it happen. However, seeing
>the type of game that was being played (tight-checking, evenly-played, yet a
>little bit open), why on Earth would you call a major penalty??? It goes
back to
>the unwritten rule of calling a one-sided penalty in an OT playoff game - you
>just don't do it unless it's clearly blatant. In this case, it may have
been a
>blatant penalty by Moxham, but a 5-minute major and game disqaulification????
>I know this game will not have much of an impact on who goes to the NCAA
>tournament or anything, but Gallagher just gave RPI a chance to win the game
>with 3 minutes left in OT. I can easily understand a 2-minute penalty for
>roughing
>or something similar, but not a 5-minute major.
 
ISTR that spearing, on the rare occasions it's called, is automatically a
5-minute major and a game misconduct?
 
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