My memory of the TV replay was that when the puck went in the net the Dartmouth player was behind Doyle and was not being held there nor was he making any effort at all to leave. The camera had been following the puck so I didn't actually see how the Dartmouth Player got there. And even if he had been pushed, which it sure didn't look like he had been, that doesn't give him the right to just hang around there unmolested.

Some of the Dartmouth players were very poor sports and were just looking for excuses to break their sticks, yell four letter words, and attack Maine players.

If I were a Dartmouth Alum I would have been very embarrassed my team and my coach's extremely bad behavior and total lack of class, and I would probably write a letter to the A.D. and copy the college president.

For all of the great success that Maine teams has had, the class that they have shown over the years and especially under coach Walsh and coach Whitehead too, has been just really great and very important to me as a fan! I would rather see them loose a game then their class, anytime!

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Subject: Re: The real problem is not the disallowed goal

If the standard for reviewing a TV replay is that it has to show that the referee's call was incorrect, then Andrews' call should stand.  Looking at the replay, it seemed to me that the Maine defenseman was trying to keep the Dartmouth player out of the crease area, and that the Dartmouth player went into the crease as he was trying to get away from the Maine D-man. 

Incidentally, if you look at the replay closely, it's pretty clear that the crease violation took place with three or four seconds to go, not one, but it took several seconds for the clock to be stopped.