Rob Callum says: > I am not from Maine and I also think it was a brillant move. There > is very little difference between intentionally sending out an extra man > and "intentionally" knocking the goal off its moorings, or "intentionally" > falling down on the puck during a face-off late in a game (I saw Dave > Poulin do that a few years back for the Bruins). All of the maneuvers are > against the rules, and all should be called, but until refs decide to call > them, in my opinion the tactics remain fair game. Walsh's ploy may have > been more blatant than other ways of erasing time and/or delaying the > game, but if it works... > > If I was a BU fan, my gripe would be the refs, not Walsh. How > could they miss the fifth man on the ice, considering they had *just* > called the penalty?? Somehow I get the feeling I will be less sympathetic in the future to coaches' and fans' complaining about the quality of reffing in college hockey. - Stephen Leroy