Carol writes: > The Ref listened but was having no nonsense, so play resumed. At the end of > the period, Schoen again approached the Ref to protest and was given a 10 > minute misconduct penalty. In my opinion Schoen was benched by the coach for > being very unsporstmanlike. Even though he was not playing, another player sat > in the box for the penalty. Which seemed really ridiculous, because it put > the West a player short when it didn't need to. Anyway, I have a question.... > Shouldn't the goalie have sat in the box himself??? I know they usually don't, > but for a misconduct penalty, it would seem appropriate to me. Unless the rule has just been changed without me knowing, goalies still serve their own misconduct penalties. If Schoen only got a misconduct, the West should not have been short a man, although Schoen would have had to go to the box and be replaced in net anyway (so it doesn't sound like it was Eaves' choice). Maybe Schoen got a minor in addition - you say he was being unsportsmanlike. That would have made the West shorthanded. I didn't see ESPN's coverage of the gold medal game Saturday, but on the 11:30 (Eastern) edition of Sportscenter, they showed highlights of the North's 2-1 win over the East. Both teams' goalies were from the University of Maine (North's Matt DelGuidice, Maine's expected starter this year as a senior, and East's Mike Dunham, an entering freshman), and Maine head man Shawn Walsh directed the North to victory. After Mark Karpen gave the East a lead at 6:45 of the 2nd (from Marty Schriner of North Dakota and Cory Laylin of Minnesota), Northeastern's Brian Sullivan beat Dunham twice to give the North the win. Sully's first goal came at 14:14 and was from Jeff Blaeser of Yale. His second came on the power play at 18:37 with Karpen in the box; it was from Keith Carney of Maine and Jim Dowd of Lake Superior. Both goals were scored from right in front of Dunham on what looked like East defensive breakdowns. Anyway, the reason I mention this (knowing that Carol will probably give another great wrapup!) is that those two goals may prove to be big ones for Sullivan. There's still a question mark hanging over him for 90-91, his senior year. He came to St Botolph Street in 1987 as a highly-touted freshman, having been drafted in the (third?) round by New Jersey, and he lived up to that billing, setting a new Northeastern record for goals by a freshman with 20 - which helped the Huskies to the Hockey East title. But he was the left wing on a line with seniors Kevin Heffernan and Dave O'Brien, who tied for the team lead in scoring in 87-88. The next season, Sullivan was dropped to the second line as Dave Buda, Harry Mews, and Rico Rossi made up NU's top line, and Sullivan's production plummeted. Last year, with Buda and Rossi graduated, Sully moved back up to the top line with the great playmaker Mews, and again he was one of Hockey East's top scorers. Mews has graduated now, so the question for Northeastern is: who will give Brian Sullivan the puck? - mike