Thanks for posting this, Dave! Dave quoting Clay Satow, in part... >>>It was quite clear to me (but I have a different view of what got called >than Michael Neal does; Michael, when you say "even on replay" does that >imply that you saw it on TV?). Here's what I saw: The puck was in the >Michigan end. Michigan had Comrie "cherry picking" at center ice. Larose >was covering him, and they were well away from the play. Larose butt-ended >Comrie in the ribs. Comrie was stunned and went down. The puck came out of >the Michigan end, to the side of the rink opposite where the incident took >place. Larose went to the puck, and Comrie got up and went after Larose, >across the ice. That precipitated the scrum along the boards that I think >Michael is referring to. Yes, the TV just showed the play as the puck arrived, about at the blue line. Basically nothing happened there. A.J. gave a little tap on Comrie's helmet with his glove, but no butt-ending was visible. One of the TV comments suggested it was called by a linesman, but no one clued the announcers into the fact that they normally call only stuff away from the puck, ... and that the penalty call was "delayed". I'm almost relieved that Corey really did the "but-end". If the player action never occurred, then that exposed the officiating crew and officiating in general with quite a problem. On our local WABI wrap-up, former HEA official Mike Tuell commented that, though there is additional paperwork for a DQ, there is no recourse and essentially no way to turn such a decision around or further assess penalty depending on the severity of the action. Mike did not expect the referee to change the penalty, even with conclusive replay. Of course, we did not see conclusive replay, nor was, apparently from the above quote, there reason to suspect Corey didn't butt-end Comrie. Quite out of character for this year's Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award winner! People can argue whether it warranted the major/DQ, but at least we appear to know it happened. To his credit, Corey was forth-right, honest, humble and apologetic in post-game comments (broadcast on WZON radio this morning). Goooooo BLUE! Wayne T. Smith [log in to unmask] Old Town Landing Co-owner of the College Hockey lists - Hockey-L and Hockey3