>From the rumor mill.... Heard a rumor this past week-end that was
disturbing. If it is true, we may be seeing the beginnings of a
dramatically new direction for
the ECAC and maybe for all college hockey. It seems as if someone has
overheard an ECAC referee tell Team Captains in his pre-game spiel that
he has
been instructed to assess penalties for "big hits". One can only
speculate that this decree has come from "On-high". Is this the reason
why so many apparently
clean bodychecks are being whistled down for "elbowing", "holding",
"roughing", etc... Will it be just a matter of time until "Body Contact"
becomes a penalty
infraction in the official ECAC/NCAA hockey rules? Why is this happening?
Is there a concern that some darting "water beetle" will have his compass
scrambled by some mean, North Country human-missile hockey opponent? Will
it lead to more of the vicious stick-work (hooking, hacking, slashing,
spearing, etc.) which cowards use instead of open-ice face-to-face
bodychecks, shoulder-checks or hip-checks? Is non-contact college
football next! I can't
wait! Anybody else have any thoughts on this subject?
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That's the post....
 
If Jason Moy has not asked Commish Fenter yet about this in part 2 of his
article in USCHO on the new ECAC Commish, I'd like him to.  I find this
disturbing if it is true.  Apparently in the RPI - Cornell game 3
elbowing calls were made (also from another post on the board) that could
have been classified as "big hits".
 
Anybody else see anything and care to comment.
 
Off to Athens, GA for a week.  I'll keep in touch via laptop
 
Joe
 
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