Roger Spurgeon wrote:
 
All in all, a darn good assessment from the Michigan side(-:  From the OSU side, a few
points:
 
> There was tremendous confusion around this call, as Michigan was already
> down one man.  There was over a minute left on this penalty.  When the net
> was knocked off the moorings, Graff was already indicating a delayed call
> on the Wolverines.  After Dufour's successful penalty shot, Graff took the
> first penalty off the clock and put the new penalty on the clock.  Thus,
> the Buckeye's ended up with a 2-minute 5-4 power play.  I'm not clear,
> however, on why the first penalty came off the clock.  I assume that if
> Dufour had not made the penalty shot, the first penaly would have stayed on
> the clock and OSU would have had a 5-3 power play for over a minute ? .
 
After checking the rule book and not finding anything specificly related to this
situation, we came to the conclusion that the usual rule applies:  _anytime_ there is a
goal scored by the team on the power play, even on a penalty shot, the oldest penalty
comes off (unless it's a misconduct, etc...).  So, if Dufour had not scored on the
penalty shot, OSU would have had 5 on 3. Conversely, if Hayes had not already been in
the box before the shot scored, Madden would have come out and the teams would have been
even strength.  Or so we concluded (-:
 
 
> One could only have wished that the Wolverines had played the WHOLE weekend
> with the same intensity as they showed in the third period.  Instead, they
> come into the weekend with a lackluster attitude and get knocked around.
> IMO, they have come into many games this season with this attitude: that
> they've already won before the first puck even gets dropped.
>
> It makes me wonder if they are truly ready for the playoff run.
 
Good question.  I've noticed the same sort of apparent attitude a few other times when
I've seen Michigan play this year.  Not that I don't believe they have the _ability_ to
repeat, but the attitude and preparation seems a little lacking compared to last year.
I know I've mentioned this before, but nobody commented so I assumed I was alone.  And,
once again, this is not to be taken as Michigan-bashing because I will continue to cheer
them on as long as they're not playing MSU (-:
 
Jennifer
 
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