I have a Christmas gift for all college hockey fans, espesially those who follow the ECAC teams. I was talking with Guy Arnold the other night. He's director of intramural sports and runs the phys. ed. program here at Clarkson. He told me about the following news. It seems that the ECAC coaches do file a report on the performance of the referee after each game. These reports go to the ECAC executive board. They review them and act accordingly. Clarkson's AD Bill O'Flaherty (ex-hockey coach) is on this committee. If they have any recommendations for action to be taken against an official, they will ask the ECAC's commissioner to make the statement. The board controls this really. The commissioner just makes the statement to make it look official. Well, Pierre Belanger is in trouble for his 41 penalty weekend when Cornell played St. Lawrence and then Clarkson. The executive board has recommended that Pierre be SUSPENDED without pay. I don't know if this has been announced yet, when the suspension will start or how long it will last. The board has wanted to do something for a while to deflate Pierre's ego but was not in the position to do so. They couldn't afford to lose him. I guess they can now. Guy Arnold said that Pierre is a capable ref, he used to ref in the WHA, but has a need to be the center of attention, something which we've all known for a long time. So I hope that this message spreads some good Holiday cheer to all subscribers. I know that more than a few of you have been asking Santa for this present for a while. I guess there really is a Santa Claus, or atleast some justice. If anyone can dig up any more info on this I'd be real interested to hear it. Mike Zak Clarkson '87, '90, ...