Having attended the UMD-MTU series, I think the story of the game was that the referees were making every effort they could to call a tight game and try to prevent anything from getting out of hand (it ended up happening anyway despite their efforts). Because Tech is the type of team that plays very physical, refs that call tight games will obviously seem very biased to Tech fans. UMD is pretty much the opposite - they are not a very physical team and thus benefit by refs who call a tight game (even though they still suffered quite a few injuries on the weekend). Having seen Krieger ref at the high school level, Div. III, and Div. I, I can agree though he does seem to create controversy whenever he refs a game. Paul Thalacker Go Bulldogs!!! 3-1 WCHA, 5-1 overall HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.