At 08:55 AM 2/8/98 -0500, John W Duffill wrote:
>Dave Wollstadt wrote:
>
>> I agree that parents of Division 1 hockey players should appreciate what they
>> have, as John Duffil says, but I'm not sure how that translates into
>> acceptance of serious injuries as part of the game.
>
>  I totally agree that the rate of serious injury in hockey and other
sports has
>grown to a scary level.  I think one way to help curb it is to enforce the
rules
>better (high stick, slash, boarding).  I feel if you injure a player and that
>player misses games  the offender misses the same amount of games.
 
 
There also could be a differentiation between various types of minor
penalties.  On slashes, boarding, high sticking and crosschecks, the person
penalized should be forced to stay in the box for the full 2 minutes even if
the opposing team scores one or more goals.  There would be no change in how
the holding, interference etc. are handled.  It would also be useful if the
trailing linesman would watch behind the play where a lot of slashing etc.
takes place.
 
Bob Svec
 
GO BLACK BEARS!!!