As long as we're discussing bashing officials... Last Friday's SLU-RPI game was officiated by Cole & Taylor who were reported to usually be HE officials. As was posted earlier, the game featured a remarkable dearth of penalities - a set of matching minors in the first period and then no more penalties until 2:++ to go in the game. I thought I was going to see my first power-playless game, but SLU got a man advantage at 19:42 of the third - after scoring an empty net goal to decide the contest. It was a great game to watch - lots of up and down skating and long stretches of continuous action. Not many opportunities for the tension to be released as the third period wound down in a 2-1 game. After the game Greg Lapinski (SLU radio announcer who has never been shy about criticizing the officiating) gave the Player of the Game nod to SLU goalie Clint Owen AND the officiating crew. While we shouldn't necessarily equate no whistles with a good officiating job, I think that the viewing quality of this game (from a fan's perspective) was enhanced by the job done by the officials. Robin Lock St. Lawrence University [log in to unmask]