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
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