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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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| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | a team can make a miracle." |
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