Let me begin by syaing that UMD has a pretty good hockey club, and yes Michigan Tech does take a lot of penalties. Ok--I attended the MTU/UMD series this past weekend in Duluth and witnessed the worst display of officiating I have ever seen. I don't think a ref should be able to control the out come of the game. UMD with the help of Krieger swept MTU. I think the outcome could have been a different story if Krieger knew how the game of hockey should be played. Hockey is a Rough, Physical game - The players know that! The coaches Know that! The fans know that! COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL THAT POOR EXCUSE FOR A REF (KRIEGER) "That hockey is a rough physical game"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry but he sucks really, really bad. He was already on probation from a series he officiated the weekend before. Krieger ruined what could have been a great series for two good hockey clubs. I don't want to take anything away from UMD - they played hard, but it seemed the officiating was a little one sided. And another thing-----The line brawl on Friday night was caused by a great hit. Techs Rhuutu had the HIT OF THE YEAR!!!!! on a UMD player. It was awesome (clean too). It should be shown on College Hockey USA on thursday---> you won't see a better hit all season. As a result of this great hit Rhuutu was jumped by 2 UMD players, another UMD player left the bench, and another UMD player threw one of the refs--causing a LINE BRAWL. The result which should have been a lengthy powerplay for MTU ended up even. GIVE ME A BREAK - KRIEGER Then what does Krieger do in the final minute of a tie game. He calls a penalty on Tech- Jason Prokopetz crossed the blue line and let a wrist shot go just as the whistle sounded for a offsided call. As he shot he was cross checked to the ice by two UMD players. The puck hit the glass at the back of the rink and Prokopetz got 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike conduct. -NIce call Krieger - NOT!!!!!!!! Tech almost killed the penalty when (guess who- had his arm up for another cheap call- KRIEGER) Duluth scored in overtime. An otherwise good game ruined by Krieger Game 2 wasn't much better as Krieger gave UMD - three 5 on 3's to start the first period-- way to go Krieger!!!!! Tech was down by a goal until late in the 3rd period when they tied it as the momentum swung their way. While tech was in full control--My buddy Krieger gives Pat Mickesh a 5 minute check from behind penalty on goal mouth collision (probaly not even a penalty- but UMD took advantage of the way Kriegers was calling the game and two players laid on the ice. The result was a good penalty kill by tech but UMD scored about 20 seconds after the penalty was over with about 35 seconds left in the game. Another good game where both teams worked hard-- but Krieger decided to take matters into his own hands. UMD and Tech are two very solid clubs with the potential to finish in the top 5 of the wcha. Krieger on the on the other should not be allowed ref PeeWee nevermind Division 1--- Maybe he should try footlocker if he wants to keep the stripes on. Good luck- to both UMD and MTU next weekend. If anybody hears anything about Krieger and his probation from the league could you please post it on Hockey-L. I hope I didn't offend anybody (except for Krieger) Jason Roy University of Manitoba GO TECH HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.