Actually, after Fisher's "performance" (think: wonderful Greg Louganis 
type move that wins Olympic medals) on Friday night, I suggested to a 
friend that maybe one of our big guys should RUN the goalie Saturday 
night, so that Fisher would know how it felt, and not be confused that a 
breeze was actually a hit. 

Various reports have noted that O'Brien did not alter his 
speed/direction before being checked into Fisher.  I really didn't have 
a big problem with the 5-for-charging, however I do have a major problem 
for a player who is on his back on the ice, helmet off, getting the snot 
punched out of him receiving a major for fighting and a DQ.

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Another eyewitness account:
"J.P. Testwuide and Ben Gordon were tied up, falling to the ice (as 
pretty much everyone on the ice at the time was paired off). Testwuide 
landed on top of Gordon and threw at least four punches while Gordon lay 
on the ice, trying to cover up. Todd Anderson stood fewer than 2 feet 
from it, watching, and not attempting to break it up. Then he proceeded 
(among a plethora of other calls) to give both Gordon and Testwuide 
penalties for fighting,"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Anderson did eventually have to stop taking notes, and get on top of 
Testwuide and Gordon and wait for help from the other refs. It was 
actually comical that we had two of the shortest AR's (in B.Shepherd and 
Krieger) trying to break up players who were 6-2 to 6-4.  What a nightmare!

And the Supervisor of the Officials (Greg Shepherd)  was in the pressbox 
and was furiously taking notes throughout the game.  I am thinking that 
Anderson won't be getting a good report card for that game. 

It was clear that both coaches were not pleased with Anderson's 
performance, so I think they will be complaining to the Commissioner and 
the Head Official about the whole thing. 

Personally, I hope we don't have to play Denver again this year.

-Carol, QoGH

Charlie Shub wrote:

>my brother is in transit from here back to new york, so i've been
>watching denver TV for werather forcasts. Anyhow, they (the
>newscaster) are claiming the gophers ran goaltender fisher. From what
>i could see of the replay, it certainly seemed like the gopher player
>got checked into fisher by a denver defender. The penalties are
>reported as
>	denver				minnesota
>	5 fighting			5 fighting
>	10 game misconduct		10 game misconduct
>	2 roughing			2 roughing
>	2 roughing			2 roughing
>	2 roughing			2 roughing
>	10 misconduct			10 misconduct
>	2 slashing			5 charging
>
>the uscho game recap seems to confirm that o'brien was checked into
>fisher, but anderson did allot him a major for charging
>
>i wonder if the commissionar and supervisor of officials will be
>looking at the replays.
>
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