>>Great games but knowledge and bias of announcers detracted from coverage. Did no other school have any celebrity alums on the payroll to show on TV. The constant shots of Flutie and Leetch were too much.<< Not replying to you, specifically Jeff, but to this and the many other posts. Usually I dismiss complaints about the announcer bias as biased interpretation by fans of one team. However, on Saturday, I thought the coverage was unbalanced, and I was rooting for BC (I think I'm fairly objective, and I'm certainly no fanatic). I do believe, though, that if Brian Leetch or Doug Flutie had been from North Dakota that they would still have been plenty of "cameo shots." And in fairness, there were the obligatory "goalie parent" shots of Karl Goehring's parents and a shot of Ralph Englelstad. But because of the timing, it appeared more a matter of "going with the apparent winner" than balanced coverage. I'm especially disappointed in Jack Edwards (who FWIW I believe did work one time at one of the Boston broadcast stations), who I've regarded as a decent journalist. I would have thought the other guy was a moron, even if he had been the pinnacle of objectivity. I agree that they were great games, which is fortunate, because the coverage was lacking. It was clear that the broadcasts were not aimed at the hard core college hockey fan -- notice the explanation about the two line passes and the no touch up icing? >>Further on BC, does anyone else think the Gionta empty netted was cheap on Thursday? It was a good steal and really didn't matter but it was like rubbing salt in the wound to me. And I am not even an SLU fan.<< I've seen this complaint elsewhere, and I can't help thinking that if it were anyone other than Brian Gionta this would be a non-issue. When would it NOT have been "rubbing salt in the wound" but merely an insurance goal? Five seconds? Seven seconds? Two seconds? Players cannot sense the time on the game clock that closely, and competitive players play to the buzzer, especially in a national semifinal. In a closely contested play as that one was, they're not looking at the clock. I'm sure that Gionta knew that time was running down, but I truly doubt that he could tell whether there was three seconds left or three tenths. Clay HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.