Hi All, I love the “old time” discussion, as viewed from here out on the west coast — where dinner might (it didnt) interfere with watching the games! Great to hear from Mike M again and as to Mark’s comment …. Dont call me Surely! :-) (some of you might be old enough to get the reference to “Airplane”??) …. Sorry for the non-hockey content, but just watching the NCAAs with no team to root for has become, unfortunately, rather routine for us RPI folks. :-( Cheers to all, enjoy the game on Saturday. Tony Buffa RPI ‘64 San Luis Obispo, CA > On Apr 12, 2019, at 9:46 AM, Mark Lewin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Not sure I agree with Mike's assessment. The only reason I could see Carle not challenging the non-call is if both he and his staff upstairs did not see the hit. > > At that point in the game, the clock is running down and DU has UMass back on their heels (do hockey skates have heels?). A 5 minute major plus the loss of another forward would afford an enormous advantage to the surging Denver team. Well worth the risk of losing a challenge. Even if the referees claim they didn't see it or didn't think it was a major penalty, forcing them to look at the video would "surely" have changed their minds (as surely as anything is sure when dealing with referees). > > I think the first year coach was overly cautious and made a bad choice. I think he will look at the replay and regret his decision of non-challenge for many years to come >