**** MICHIGAN 7 OHIO STATE 2 **** Aho was replaced by Tom Connerty at the 7:47 mark of the first. Connerty proceded to have a very strong showing. While Connerty allowed 4 goals, he made 24 saves, and I was rather impressed with his play. * Connerty especially sparkled in making a spectacular save on Greg Crozier's breakaway attempt in the third period. **** MICHIGAN 4 BOWLING GREEN 1 **** Right around the 10 minute mark of the third, Wolverine Bubba Berenzweig shot the puck past Mike Savard, apparently notching the Wolverine's second goal of the night. In the ensuing 10-minute long discussion, referee Roger Graff waved off the goal. I never heard the "official announcement," and the action was at the opposite end zone from where I was, so I have no idea what was happening. According to a Michigan parent, "the puck was in the goal, Graff pointed to the net, indicating a goal, the red light was on, and then 20 seconds later Graff decided that he was going to call a penalty and waved the goal off." I REPEAT, these are (close to) the words of a Michigan PARENT, and ARE NOT MINE. Twice previously, once for the Wolverines and once for the Falcons', Graff did not decide to call a penalty until after he looked over and saw a player laying on the ice. * First, I thought it was Botterill who shot the puck into the net. Can someone else who was in attendance confirm that it was Berensweig? Second, I was fairly annoyed that the goal was waved off because the puck was clearly in the net a good 4 or 5 seconds before any of the post-goal scuffle (which resulted in the penalties) started. I was much more annoyed when I read the official explanation from the referees in the Ann Arbor News on Sunday. Despite the goal judge's contrary opinion, Graff ruled that the puck hit the crossbar and never went in the net. !$#@!#@%$!% My seats are directly behind the net (14th row) and the puck did not hit any crossbar except perhaps the one in the back of the net. It was very satisfying when Luhning scored to make up for the earlier non-goal. Near the conclusion of the night, BG's Dave Faulkner slashed UM's Greg Crozier, who sustained a fractured left arm from the incident. Apparently, this further ticked off a number of Wolverines. With 1:30 left in the game, with up 3-1, Jason Botterill was skating along the boards back to his bench. Along the way, there was a Falcon skater right in front of the Falcon bench and right in Botterill's way. Jason, rather than skating around the player (as he should have done), completely bowled him over. This caused a large altercation right at the Falcon bench. It was pretty ugly, especially when UM's Bill Muckalt leaped into the altercation with Freight Train speed (he came all the way from the other side of the ice). * Botterill's actions were also largely due to a Falcon player's decision to politely inform Brendan Morrison what he thought of Morrison's Hobey Baker chances. The Falcon player was expressing his opinion via his hands and the back of Morrison's head. Botterill was defending his smaller linemate as well as Crozier. The rest of the Wolverines on the ice came to the aid of Botterill who seemed willing to take on the entire BG bench. Some thiry seconds later, after the whistle and during a separate altercation, BG's Dan Price grabbed a hold of Bubba Berenzweig. They each had their hands on the other's shoulders, until Price punched Berenzweig, not once, not twice, but FIVE times. Bubba did NOT punch back. It appeared that Bubba was merely trying to keep some distance, until the FIFTH punch, were Bubba lost it and flung punches back at Price. * Again from the Ann Arbor News, Berensweig commented to the effect that he knew the next game was against Michigan State and that he shouldn't get involved in a fight but after 5 or 6 punches, enough is enough and one has to defend himself. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.