John Haeussler wrote: > NICE TRY > In the UM-MTU semifinal, the Huskies came out first prior > to the second period. The players beginning the second > period entered the ice and the remaining players went > immediately to the bench. (This is now in the rulebook, > right?) Michigan came out and all 20 players took to the > ice. MTU head coach Tim Watters tried to get a penalty > called, but the game referee (Adam from the WCHA) wasn't > buying it. The rest of the Huskies then poured off the bench > and onto the ice for a pre-period skate. Two questions: > (1) Why wasn't this a penalty on Michigan? (2) How often > have you seen this called? I believe that this is only a WCHA rule, not a NCAA one. In a non-conference game, I would hope that it wouldn'y be called. Then again, I would hope that it wouldn't be called in a WCHA game, either. J. Michael Neal P.S. Yes, I have changed e-mail address again. All sorts of little reasons, but I'm over here now. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.