I would have to agree with you. Buzz is the worst WCHA ref around. Jeff On Mon, 6 Mar 1995, Matt Rein #3 wrote: > Bob Ames and Buzz Christensen were the refs at the Minnesota/St. Cloud State > game yesterday. Usually when Brutal Bob Ames is out there he is clearly the > worst ref on the ice. But when Buzzy steps on the ice, Ames is clearly > outclassed in the "real bad ref" department. > > Worst call of the year award might go to our friend Buzz Christensen in > yesterday afternoon's game against St. Cloud State at Mariucci Arena. > > In the third period, the play left the St. Cloud zone and went the other way. > Nick Checco went to skate around the St. Cloud net but the goaltender Brian > Leitza stepped out of his crease to interfere with Checco. The fans went > crazy. > > Good old Buzzy, hearing the fans, turns around to see Checco and Leitza > falling to the ice. He calls Checco for interference with the goaltender. > > St. Cloud then scored on the powerplay to pull within 1 goal of the Gophers. > > > In the first period, Ames was on the goal line, Buzzy was above the faceoff > circle on the other side of the rink. Along the boards, between the blue line > and Buzzy, a Gopher player was pulled down. After a short delay, Ames, across > the rink, seeing Buzzy with his hands in pockets, blows the whistle and calls > the penalty. Wow! > > -- > - Matt Rein > - [log in to unmask] >