I don't know what the deal with Noeth was, but I was getting pretty sick of
him too!  He called it very close and there were definitely times where I
wished he would just let the guys play.  I'd definitely like to hear the
opinion of people who were actually at the game, maybe they had a better
view of what was going on?
 
Holly
 
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> >hockey.  It also helped that the teams rose above what was not a very
> good
> >officiating job and made the game that much better.
> >
>
> i'm interested that this hasn't ben brought up before.  Probably because
> of the elation that we are all feeling at this time.  This also struck me.
> As I was watching the game I made several comments as to how Noeth seemed
> to be the man who wanted the spotlight.  He called the game EXTREMELY
> tight.  He did this as well with the BC game on thursday.  Not what one
> would expect in a game where the talent is supposed to shine and not the
> special teams.  Had maine had their A Power play going like they did in
> the first half of the season the game wouldn't have even been close.  Now
> i know that UNH fans and myself as well will say UNH just did an great job
> on the PK but i don't know how much that is true.
> I don't know how the NC$$ chooses the officials for the tourney but i know
> that many people believe that Noeth is not even a "good" offical.  Being
> from the CCHA (I believe) i don't much about his style but if he has a
> reputation of caling it that tight why would he be a choice for these
> games?  Like I said before, these games should be decided by the players
> not the officials.
>
> Having said all that, i will say that seeing the replay of all the calls
> almost all were technically penalties but MOST should have been let go.
> Being a part time referee myself as well as a 15 year veteran of tier II,
> High School, and club college hockey,  The game that has less calls is
> always more enjoyable.
>
> finally, I will entertain the thought that Noeth was aware of the history
> between the teams (both games) and was trying to keep it from getting to
> rough.  Unfortunately he never gave them a chance to police themselves.
> His first call were of the cheap variety (still penalties but should have
> been let go).  The call that stands out the most is the one against maine
> for the bench delay of game.  If i remember correctly that put them down 2
> men.  If he wanted to make a statement to the coaches (especially shawn)
> about their trying to get a line advantage he should have given fair
> warning to both coaches first.  while i was watching espn and they may
> have just ignored that I doubt it.
>
> OK, enough venting about officiating.  I am not ccomplianing that it had
> anything to do with the outcome but it did make the game more choppy
>
> i am interested to hear from both teams and other officails on this.  I
> could be very wrong
>
> Steve
> bapst 94
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