After my and Dave Fischer's comments on assists being called by the official scorer or from the press box, several folks have noted that the NC$$ rule book says the referee shall call goals and assists. This is true, it does say that. However, the rule book also says that interference shall be called when a player sets a pick for the puckcarrier. :-) Trust me, the way I described it is how it is done. I have personally called many assists over the years. I am under the impression that the referees in HE, and apparently in the WCHA too, have simply passed on that responsibility to the scorer or press box personnel in these leagues. It is a system that works well and frees up the referees to pay attention to other things. --- --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93