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Jim Baines writes:
> The next
>thing I know, I see an assistant coach trying to climb over the
>plexiglass to get a fan, who appartantly threw something at the bench.
>(Can't really blame the coach for that.)
The assistant coach was Bill Berglund, who I knew when I was at
Northeastern. He was goalie coach there and is now doing the
same at BU. He's a normally very calm, mild-mannered guy (no
relation to Clark Kent) who must have just lost it when he was
hit with something thrown by an idiotic fan. You're right, you
can't blame him for trying to get at the fan. I just thought people
should know Berglund's true demeanor; he's very respected by
his players and by other people involved in the game. The commish
ordered Berglund off the bench for the Saturday night game, but I
believe this was more out of a concern for Berglund's safety and
desire to prevent any further incidents than it was punitive.
>Something's wrong here. Parker acts childish by throwing debris on the
>ice, and receives not even a slap on the wrist. Maine Coach Shawn Walsh
>complains about a referee's call after game one of the NCAA Quarterfinal
>Series at Wisconson, and gets slapped with a one-game playoff suspension.
I agree, but remember that Walsh's suspension came at the hands of the
NCAA and not from Hockey East. Also, Parker was likewise suspended
for his team's next NCAA game because of his infamous toe-to-toe
argument with the referee in last season's quarterfinal series at
Michigan State. At least the NCAA has been consistent.
The problem I have with Stu Haskell's refusal to take action against
Parker (I have personally witnessed him heavily abuse officials in
at least five separate games this season) is that the commissioner has
come down hard on players abusing referees (Peter Schure of Northeastern
was suspended indefinitely back in November 1988 for allegedly striking
an official during a bench-clearing brawl with Lowell), but he allows
Parker to commit what I consider to be acts at least as heinous. I
can't explain it.
- mike
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