Tony Buffa asked about the difference between eastern and western officiating and I would like to put my $.02 worth in. I follow BGSU in the CCHA so I've seen every team in the league play at least once and the only eastern game I've seen was the BU vs. Mass-Lowell playoff game a few weeks ago. It seemed to me that the refs let a lot of stuff go that would have been called as a penalty by CCHA refs. I also noticed that the linesmen would blow their whistle early on icing calls when it looked like somebody could have gotten to it before it crossed the line. There is also a lot more clutching and grabbing in the CCHA(I don't know about teams in the WCHA) while there seems to be more open skating with the eastern teams. So if Minnesota is like any of the CCHA teams, look for clutching and grabbing in order to slow down RPI. If you have WCHA refs, you might want to expect them to call more penalties. By the way, I need to toss this in. While watching the BU- Mass-Lowell game, I was able to see Greg Bullock play for the first time. Now don't get me wrong, Bullock is a good player with a lot of skill with the puck, but he doesn't seem to have any discipline. He has over 100 penalty minutes and I saw it when he skated around BU's net after the whistle had blown with the goalie covering the puck and drove his knee right into the head of the BU goalie. I know Bullock is a Hobey Baker candidate, but actions and penalty minutes like that takes away his chances to win it. Imagine what he could have done if he would have stayed out of the sin bin!! Holzinger for Hobey Baker!!!!!