Hey I’m still here! Nice to hear from people again. :-) Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2019, at 3:15 PM, White, Jeffrey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Yes, Red Sox anxieties on hold for a bit. A kind of pleasant time-warp feeling. Carol White, Tony Buffa, Mike Machnik! Hockey-L old "Heavies." What next?!? > > -----Original Message----- > From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Carol White > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 2:08 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: UMass game penalties > > Hey Tony, > > There hasn’t been this much chatter in a long time. I am loving it as I am not in Buffalo! > > Carol, QoGH > > Sent from my iPod > >> On Apr 12, 2019, at 12:53 PM, Anthony Buffa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> 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 >>>