On Feb 10, 14:43, Chuck Henderson wrote:
>On the second challenge, Stelljes apparently broke his stick to
>destroy the evidence, resulting in a delay of game.
 
I have no idea what Stelljes expected would happen when he did that.  "Oh, never
mind then."  Kind of a strange move, since he wound up with the minor-misconduct
anyway.
 
>Does anyone
>have an opinion on Cornell's delay-of-game penalty in the first
>period on which Vermont scored 3 seconds in, sending Cornell's
>game down hill for a period and a half thereafter?  It sounded
>from the radio like a needless call, with Cole unhappy with
>Cornell's slowness to line up for a faceoff.  I know Cole is one
>of the East's best officials, but this sounded like too much
>personal involvement so early in an important game.
 
The call was, at the very least, unfortunate.  During the stoppage in play,
Cornell defenseman Steve Wilson skated over to the bench for a drink of water or
something, and he skated back as the teams were getting set for the faceoff.
 Cole looked up and, apparently thinking Wilson was coming off the bench to
replace somebody, waved him back.  Wilson protested, and the call was made.  I
don't know whether this could have been rectified once the penalty was called,
but Coach Schafer was irritated that Cole never went over to the bench to
explain what was going on.
 
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