From Mike M... >I wonder if Hockey East is the only conference that stipulates that >goals shall be called by referees and assists by SIDs. It is >certainly to be expected that when the home SID is calling the >assists, he will know his team better than the opponent and may >inadvertently award more assists to the home team. What counters this >is that the visiting SID is almost always present, and you tend to >defer to the visiting SID in scoring matters concerning their team >unless there is a conflict - then home SID makes the call. I'm not positive about the current situation, but I believe Michigan used to employ a "caller" and "writer" in the press box. One person would call out the number of the player with the puck and yell "switch" for a change of possession. The second person writes everything down. This can be helpful in determining assists. John H U Mich