On Sat, Feb.4 1995, Indulis R Rutkus wrote:
 
Star-Tribune : " Minnesota's Casey Hankinson and Tech's Jason Wright drew
fighting disqualifications, although the Gophers argued - with apparent
justification - that Hankinson never threw a punch... The Gophers also
complained that the original penalty that ignited the spark - a tripping
call against Pat Mikesch for tripping Minnesota goaltender Jeff Callinan
- was somehow forgotten. When the referees met to dole out infractions,
Mikesch was not among the guilty."
 
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Actually, Hankinson seemed to do his fair share of starting the fight.  He
had Wright's jersey half-way off at one point before I saw Wright throw any
punches (although I may have missed some, there was a lot going on at the
time ;) ).  When someone is trying to pull your jersey over your head, I
think its fair to say that it's time to defend yourself, which Wright did.
The fact that once it started, it was a very one-sided fight, should be
irrelevent.
 
However, I do agree that I think the ref's missed a call against Mikesch.
There was a delayed call before the ensuing fight and scuffle broke out,
and in the end, the teams were still at even strength.
 
Marc Babich
Michigan Tech
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