Matt Wickey writes: >On Feb 28, 9:01am, Ted Halm wrote: >> Subject: history of ref attacks >> I read about the referee that was assaulted during the Canadian college >> game in the Detroit News this week. I don't recall this every happening >> in the CCHA, but I do remember a story about Clarkson upsetting Lake >> Superior in the NCAA Playoffs in the Soo. The Lakers lost because >> Clarkson's dangerous power play unit received numerous opportunities in >> the pivotal game and scored many extra man goals. Word was the fans >> wouldn't let the referee out of the rink that night and he had to get a >> special escort out to his car. >>-- End of excerpt from Ted Halm > >I believe that referee was Hockey East's Frank Cole. >Can anyone confirm this? Yes, it was. This led to an interesting situation for the championship game the following season (1992), which pitted Lake Superior against Wisconsin. Since two Western teams were involved, the officials had to be from the East. Somehow, the available officials were ranked, and the guy who came out on top of the rankings was... Frank Cole. Well, Lake Superior objected vehemently to having him do the game, based on what had happened in the quarterfinal series in '91, and he was bypassed. The next ref in the rankings, as I recall, was John Gallagher (ECAC fans can stop laughing now), but he was injured or something, which led to the selection of the next ref, Tim MacConaghy. (ECAC fans can stop laughing now) As anyone who saw that game probably remembers, MacConaghy was dreadfully inconsistent and wound up getting assaulted himself by some Wisconsin players after the game was over. Maybe Cole would have been a better choice after all... Bill Fenwick [log in to unmask] HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.