I've been patiently reading the large amount of posts concerning "the quality of officiating", "fans vs. fanatics", etc., etc., and I thought I'd give all you die-hard "official bashers" some hope for a kinder, better, audience. I seem to recall a certain individual that sat about 5 seats to the left and one row down from me at RPI hockey games. Every time a whistle was blown, and a call went against RPI, this fan (for certain, a fanatic at that point in time) ALWAYS made loud comments concerning the merit of a particular official being allowed to officiate (ie. "Cerbo, you dumb piece of sh**! What are you? Blind? You must have your head up your a**! etc., etc.") And yet, this fan has now seen the light! Yes, Dan Orchard-Hayes now understands that those people shouting after *EVERY* call that goes against their team are an annoyance to the rest of the crowd. The audience gets tired of the endless litany of comments, and sometimes they even wish alcohol was sold at the Fieldhouse, so that they could at least shower these loud-mouths with a beer to shut them up! But the point of this dissertation is that even the loudest "fanatic" is capable of objectively looking at what he's yelling about and see that the officials have little to gain by siding with a certain team. They're out there trying there best (albeit some succeed better than others :-)) and as a fan, when an offical blows a call, you've got to take it in perspective. As far as RPI is concerned, you'll never hear me complain that a bad call cost them the game. The dissallowed goal may have helped RPI get some momentum if it had been allowed, but if they had played a better game, they wouldn't have needed the momentum at that point in time. Sure, others will argue that every team has its low points, but I remember my freshman year, watching Juneau and Coles, and I can't help but think their team would have risen above a bad call. It's the good teams that can rise above a call that doesn't go their way and win a game. And if you win the game, isn't the blown call mute? --scott raymond No sig, no nothing!