> OK, let's look at the stretches of 5x5 play (ignoring 4x4 and 3x3) in the
> games I mentioned before.
 
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> So, I simply took the full boxes for the 7 games I had available to me.
 
> * All 7 had fewer penalties than either DU-Minnesota game.
> * All 7 had more stretches of even play lasting for more than one minute.
> * All 7 had more stretches of even play lasting for more than four minutes.
> * All 7 had a longest even-up stretch time longer than that in Saturday's
>     DU-Minnesota game.
 
> I remain unconvinced.  Too bad the Star Tribune didn't print these numbers
> too.  Maybe someone should call them up and tell them.
 
> I understand you folks being concerned about what happened this weekend (and
> with DU, last weekend too), but it does not seem to be a problem in the
> rest of the country.  Maybe you should look for a different cause than the
> NCAA this time (can't believe I'm saying this, but it does seem to be
> true).  Or, have your people contact some of the other league official
> supervisors and see what they are doing to prevent this from getting out
> of hand.
 
This was a major complaint after the first weekend of WCHA play too. In
the Friday night game, Wisconsin @ Michigan Tech had a lot of calls
that were clearly in response to the "new emphasis", and (if I recall
correctly) the same was the case in the Minnesota @ UMD game.
Saturday's Wisconsin at Northern game seemed to be called a bit
looser.  If someone has the box scores from that weekend, It would be
interesting to see.  Unfortunatly, the box scores I got from the
newspaper didn't say what the penalties were.
 
Also, there is the ever present question, "who was the ref?" (and,
perhaps, were either the WCHA Commissioner or Supervisor of Officials
observing the game?)
 
	--david
 
 
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