>>Mike, you are correct. I didn't realize that Philbin had been given a DQ. >>That's part of the reason why I was so upset last night -- It looked like >>two >>UNH DQ's for MC's one, and that would have been ridiculous. It is >>unfortunate >>that Boguniecki picked up his DQ, but again, those are the rules. I don't >>think anyone can disagree with the call even though Bogey's intentions were >>admirable. > I totally agree, at the game they didn't announce (or I couldn't hear) that both Merrimack players had received QD. I was really upset after the game because it looked like the situation was not handled well be the officials. If this is true then I don't really disagree with the calls that were made even though there were no actual punches thrown by either player. I was also one that said that the third period would be disaster, but to my surprise it was very clean, but I don't think that the ref had much to do with it. >>I also didn't like that the referees did very little to break up Johnson and >>Filipowicz until after DeGregorio and two uniformed police officers took the >>ice. It looked like a pro hockey fight, the lineman just stood there looking at the two of them while they rolled around on the ice. I did not see any motions that even looked like a punch by either player. What does the actual rule state as criteria for fighting? and for leaving the bench during an altercation? I am curious to see the actual wording of the rules. By the way, being my fist visit to Volpe I was expecting to freeze but surprisingly I even took my jacket off during the middle of the game. >Christian > HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.