On Sat, 4 Feb 1995, Walter Olson wrote: > MTU gained a tie in a rough and penalty filled game with > Minnesota last night. I normally thought of Minnesota as some > what of a classy team but last night broke that illusion. They > came in looking like a NHL loser of the mid-eighties: fighting, > taking cheap shots, holding, picking, interfering, etc. The > result was obvious: each team took twenty of more penalties > and each team had a DQ. > I wish this game would have been on TV, so that Gopher fans could offer up a counterpoint to this. However, since I didn't listen to the radio broadcast ( I was busy proposing to my girlfriend - hey, you gotta do something when there's no hockey on the tube), all I have to go by is the local newspapers. > Before the 2nd period even started, Minnesota's Fiebelkorn and > McHugh decided to take some cheap shots in the warmup skate > laps. The result was a brouhaha and several penalties at the > 0:00 mark. From the Star-Tribune : "This one started when Gophers co-captain Justin McHugh took issue with what he perceived to be the efforts of Tech defenseman Jason Hanchuk to gouge the ice in front of the Minnesota goal." > Then Minnesota's Dustin crosschecked Dave Dupont > behind the play. Dave didn't take kindly to this added attention > and responded. So did his teammates. At this point the refs > DQed MTU's Jason Wright and Minnesota's Casey Hankinson for > fighting. Both deserved the DQ as Hankinson started punching > and Jason responded by dropping his gloves while Hankinson > grabbed and stayed in close. Star-Tribune : " Minnesota's Casey Hankinson and Tech's Jason Wright drew fighting disqualifications, although the Gophers argued - with apparent justification - that Hankinson never threw a punch... The Gophers also complained that the original penalty that ignited the spark - a tripping call against Pat Mikesch for tripping Minnesota goaltender Jeff Callinan - was somehow forgotten. When the referees met to dole out infractions, Mikesch was not among the guilty." From the St. Paul Pioneer Press : "The Gophers lost freshman wing Casey Hankinson for today's game because of a fighting penalty in which he did not throw a punch. Tech's Jason Wright also was ejected, but at least he got in a few licks."