Josh Hartmann writes: >I think hockey could use another ref on the ice, or should allow linesmen >to call penalties. You wouldn't have Ahola getting off scot-free with Roy >down. Glen Keeney has already noted that linesman *can* call penalties, or at least bring them to the attention of the referee. When Roy went down, the culprit was Tkachuk, not Ahola, and although Cole didn't see the penalty, a linesman did. It was brought to Cole's attention and he sent Tkachuk to the box for slashing. So no one got off scot-free that time, anyway. It was just that Walsh wanted five, not two, and he didn't get it. I believe the play you are referring to came in the first period when Ahola was winding up for a shot and whacked Robitaille in the head. That wasn't a case of Cole not seeing it, as far as I could tell, but that he just chose not to call it (presumably because he thought it inadvertent, with which I am inclined to agree). HE ref McBride was one of the in-between guests over the weekend and I believe he advocated the two-referee system. I will refuse the obvious comment here. :-) Those who know McBride have a pretty good idea what I was thinking (nothing dirty). - mike Is the list breaking a record for mail this week? Seems like it.