Just a note on the question of intentionally causing a penalty. It is true that a skater on a breakaway will often be hooked down to avoid the break in. In "blatant cases", the shooter is awarded a penalty shot instead of just the two minute minor, at the discretion of the ref. This is somewhat analogous to the "intentional foul" rule in basketball that awards two shots instead of a 1-and-1 when someone purposely hacks an opponent to stop a shot or (more often) the clock. While watching the olympics, I learned that in the final two minutes of regulation (and during all of overtime), pushing the net off of its moorings results in an automatic penalty shot. Again, this is international rules, not NCAA, but that makes good sense to me. Without having witnessed the BU-Maine play, it seems that deliberately throwing a man on the ice to stop a 2-on-1 in overtime is worthy of a penalty shot (or a "penalty 2-on-1" perhaps?). The last second too many men penalty should have been called by the refs, period. After the game is over, it's over. As far as "cheating" goes, this sneakiness strikes me as being like "stealing the deal" in the card game hearts. More common "cheating" is getting an extra change of lines on a face off to match up against the opponent -- the opposing coach is always on the lookout for that, and I've seen players sent back to the bench by the refs (after complaints) many times. In an ideal world, I suppose, no-one would take dives to draw penalties either... Such is human nature and such is hockey. FOOTNOTE ON THE WCHA RACE: Wisconsin is in first place, with all of its remaining games at home. But who knows what will happen -- this race is as wide open as ever.... -===-John R. [log in to unmask] Chem. Dept-===-