For whatever it's worth, Joe Blake and his partner (Wildcat hockey radio
broadcasters) were as emphatic about the correctness of the "noncall" on
Northern's second goal as the Wisconsin 'casters evidently were "livid."
Joe and friend said the player (Mike Harding, I believe) was checked
into the Wisconsin goalie and was trying to get away from him after they
tangled, not holding him down.  Joe et al said "The Wisconsin fans are
booing, but there's no way Harding should be penalized or the goal
disallowed . . . there was clearly nothing in the way of intentional
(interference) going on . . "  Blake and his partner did give Jason
Hehr a lot of credit for realizing the brief opportunity he had while
the net was open and one-timing his shot from the blue line instead of
taking more time to set it up.
 
Gee . . . why aren't I surprised about the difference in the views of
the two broadcasting teams?
 
Thanks to Steve Manning for a very complete and unbiased report on the
games at the Showdown. I agree with your conclusions about the Badgers
and Wildcats (you almost have ME calling NMU "Huskies" now!) and their
strengths at this point.
 
Incidentally, Blake correctly reported what Steve M. and others have
noted about the one Badger goal--he said it was a centering pass from
behind the NMU net which struck the back of Wildcat goalie Dieter
Kochan's leg and rebounded into the goal.
 
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