With Rich going to RPI games for 4.5 years, it's pretty amazing that he hasn't seen Pierre Belanger give out a penalty for a player looking at him wrong. Pierre has been know to misconducts on a player for giving him lip service. If Ivan Moore's penlty was the only one of this type this year, then Belanger has much improved in this respect. Just go and` ask any Cornell fan about Pierre lecturing players. There has seemed to be a lot less negative comments about the referees this year, especially since the beginning of the year. When I was watching the Olympics, the CBC announcers made a comment about how people shouldn't complain about the NHL refs after seeing those for the Olympics. The Canadian team didn't like Makela at all, he is a poor skater and tends to lag behind the play. The Canadians were glad to have the US ref for the semi-final game. He would let them play a more physical type of game. I think that McCorry from Canada did a fine job as well. It has got to be pretty tough with all of the Europeans, the Czechs especially, diving on the ice left and right. Mike Zak Clarkson '87, '90