On Jan 24, 4:32pm, [log in to unmask] wrote: } Subject: Re: Bad Penalties } New rule on hitting from behind, perhaps new to the CCHA. I recall when } broadcasting ECAC hockey that hitting from behind was a frequent penalty, } though of course nowhere near as frequent as its actual occurence. } } I concurr that one referee to police 12 players (well 10 if you exclude the } goalies) is a tough task. I can only remeber one or two occasions where } linemen called penalties (and I believe they were bench penalties like too } many men or interference). Of course this would detract from their line } calling duties perhaps, still though I have seen referees miss so many calls, } and some real blatant ones and cheap shots just cause they were keeping up } with the play and not watching the extra-curriculars that sometimes occur, or } because they didn't have the view the fans or us broadcasters had on the play } }-- End of excerpt from [log in to unmask] 2 points: 1.) it's NOT a new rule in the CCHA, just unenforced. It's at least 3 years old. 2.) When they changed to 1 ref (geezz . . . how long ago was that?), I disagreed with it then, and still do now. Too much is being let go for the sake of 'speeding up the game'. My HO only . . . -- Phil Ritzenthaler The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts & Design (ACCAD) Systems Manager The Ohio State University UUCP: ...!{pyramid,killer}!grumpy.cgrg.ohio-state.edu!phil (614) 292-3416 ARPA: [log in to unmask]