>We here in Fairbanks sneer at such ersatz "traditions". We pride ourselves >on having no traditions whatsoever, though somebody was overheard yelling >"sieve" to a befuddled Carlson Center crowd the other day. It was after an >offsides call, and was directed at the linesm...., aaaahhhh, Associate >Referee. I like that. When you start out you're an Assistant Referee, then you get tenure and become an Associate Referee. After a while you get bumped up to full Referee. Does that mean Pierre Belanger is a Referee Emeritus? John Whelan, Cornell '91 Official Scorer/PA Announcer U of Utah Ice Hockey Club <[log in to unmask]> <http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jtw16960/joe.html> HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.