TOM WRITES:
>              This started a pier-6 brawl.  We had a pro-style fight on the
> ice with everybody paired up, gloves dropped and punches being thrown by at
> least two pairs.  It took a good 5 minutes to break up the fights.  The refs
> gave two game disqualifications to each team and a game misconduct to a third
> for each side.  But the only time penalty they called was the elbow giving
> Point a 5 on 4 power play at the end of the game.  Does this make sense to
> anyone?
 
YES, this makes good sense to me.  Since it was near the end of the game, if
5 minute penalties for Fighting had been handed out to all those who got
disqualification penalties, the elbowing penalty, which I assume was the
fight instigation (correct me if I am wrong), would have been lost in the
shuffle because the teams would have finished the game 3 on 3, thus the
instigating team would have been virtually unpenalized for starting the fight.
I think that this situation was handled well by the referree(s).
 
 
-Ryan Stone
 Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) '93
 Rensselaer '93
 
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