At 10:13 AM 11/7/96 -0500, Howard Quimby wrote:
 
>I can already hear the groans out there, but I kind of like McBride.  He was
>pretty bad a number of years ago, but he's been ok lately.  And you can't deny
>that he's entertaining -- especially the way he scurries across the across the
>ice when play is stopped.  :)  He certainly doesn't call everything he could,
>but I've never thought it impacted a game.  He just lets them play Hockey.
 
I can remember either last year, or the year before, McBride skating up the
ice to a chorus of boos with his hands together and making a "diving motion"
to (I assume) signify that his non-call was a dive.  While he was probably
not addressing the fans, it sure looked that way and it was, unfortunately,
entertaining.
 
>Now McBride's partner in crime, Rich Fowkes, is a different story.  Especially
>when he's at BC.  He's the most biased official I've ever seen.  And maybe
>that's why I like McBride -- he does a great job of containing Fowkes.
 
It will be interesting to see the two seperated this year.  I think most HE
fans would agree that the McBride-Fowkes pairing was the worst, but how they
are individually we will still have to see.
 
>Best Hockey East Linesman?  Jones.  He even gets those offside calls with the
>puck 30 feet in the air. ;)
 
Can argue with Jones, he does a pretty good job.
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