Ed wrote, in part.. > It has always been my understanding, as well as those throughout Walter > Brown Arena Friday night, that bloodshed constitutes a five-minute major. There is nothing in the NCAA rule book about this, but I suppose individual referees might have their own idea on the subject. The NHL has or used to have such a rule, as I recall. The NCAA does have a rule against bleeding (it's not allowed!). We can go into particulars if anyone wants the discussion to go that way :- ) cheers, wayne Wayne T. Smith mailto:[log in to unmask] Systems Group - UNET University of Maine System The College Hockey mailing lists: Hockey-L & Hockey3 at http://lists.Maine.edu/