As was already mentioned, the Botterill-Fraser bout was a doozy. I guess if you're going, you may as well go full tilt. It wasn't Bob Probert-Tie Domi, but it's as close as it gets at the college level. The absence of Botterill, coupled with previous injuries to Rick Willis and Matt Herr leaves Michigan with only 10 forwards for tonight's game. I suspect Coach Berenson will dress 8 defensemen and spot two of them (Chris Fox and, perhaps, Mark Sakala) on the fourth line throughout the game. Back to last night's action...ugh. Jerry Welsh is gone, but the OSU program is going to reek of his goonism for some time. And, Michigan picked the wrong time (postseason) to fight back. Following his hat trick (and 30th goal in 30 games ...yow!), Mike Knuble did all he could to get DQed...which would mean a two game hiatus given that he's already been DQed once this season. After being roughed up by an OSU player, Knuble attempted to spear him about 4-5 times and finally settled for a stick-breaking cross check, which drew a five minute major. And, after watching OSU defenseman Craig Paterson again, I am convinced that he must be only the first or second generation walking upright in his family. On the funny side, I witnessed one of the most enjoyable altercations I've ever seen last night. Following a Botterill scuffle (prior to the one that got him DQed), everyone was over at the scorers table except for UM's Mike Legg, OSU's Joe Sellers and OSU netminder Kurt Brown. Brown was working on his snow piles outside of each post, which had now reached almost grapefruit size. (And, Brown was adding water from his bottle...presumably looking to freeze his new found friends.) Sellers was helping him collect the shavings and build up the snow. Eventually, Legg scooted in and blasted the pile on one side of the net to smithereens, which prompted a hard shove by Sellers. Legg then circled behind the net and teed-off on the other pile, sending shavings everywhere and ruining all of Brown's work. Sellers reacted with a two-hander and both Legg and Sellers were escorted to the box. I didn't catch if the call was unsportsmanlike conduct or delay of game, but they were coincidental minors. Very funny. Lastly, I ran into Hockey-L's Kenneth Baker at the game and put another name to a face. Same two teams in a little over an hour. John H U Mich