ERIK; SORRY - DID NOT MEAN TO INSINUATE THAT THE WCHA IS A "ROGUE" CONFERENCE AND CONDONES SUCH PLAY. WHAT I MENT WAS THAT BECAUSE THIS INCIDENT OCCURED IN THE WCHA - THE WCHA WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT ITSELF IF THE INCIDENT WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. THE MAIN POINT I WAS TRYING TO PUT FORTH WAS THAT THE WCHA HAS TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, NOT JUST THE ACTION ITSELF. IF THIS ISN'T JUST AN ISOLATED ACCIDENT THEN LET SOMETHING GOOD FOR COLLEGE HOCKEY COME OUT OF IT. ABOVE ALL I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEBER THAT HOCKEY IS A FAST PACED, CONTACT SPORT IN WHICH PEOPLE DO GET HURT. RON