On Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:43:56 -0500 Joseph M LaCour wrote:
>
> >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".
 
One can hope it is just a rumor, but it brings to mind the dilemma
Boston University's Mike Grier faced over the course of his career.  He
found he was being penalized simply because he hit his opponents too
hard.  After his junior season he found it necessary to turn pro.
 
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