I don't know what the deal with Noeth was, but I was getting pretty sick of him too! He called it very close and there were definitely times where I wished he would just let the guys play. I'd definitely like to hear the opinion of people who were actually at the game, maybe they had a better view of what was going on? Holly > ---------- > From: Steven Archer[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: The Maine Hockey Discussion List > Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 11:28 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: congratulations! > > > >hockey. It also helped that the teams rose above what was not a very > good > >officiating job and made the game that much better. > > > > i'm interested that this hasn't ben brought up before. Probably because > of the elation that we are all feeling at this time. This also struck me. > As I was watching the game I made several comments as to how Noeth seemed > to be the man who wanted the spotlight. He called the game EXTREMELY > tight. He did this as well with the BC game on thursday. Not what one > would expect in a game where the talent is supposed to shine and not the > special teams. Had maine had their A Power play going like they did in > the first half of the season the game wouldn't have even been close. Now > i know that UNH fans and myself as well will say UNH just did an great job > on the PK but i don't know how much that is true. > I don't know how the NC$$ chooses the officials for the tourney but i know > that many people believe that Noeth is not even a "good" offical. Being > from the CCHA (I believe) i don't much about his style but if he has a > reputation of caling it that tight why would he be a choice for these > games? Like I said before, these games should be decided by the players > not the officials. > > Having said all that, i will say that seeing the replay of all the calls > almost all were technically penalties but MOST should have been let go. > Being a part time referee myself as well as a 15 year veteran of tier II, > High School, and club college hockey, The game that has less calls is > always more enjoyable. > > finally, I will entertain the thought that Noeth was aware of the history > between the teams (both games) and was trying to keep it from getting to > rough. Unfortunately he never gave them a chance to police themselves. > His first call were of the cheap variety (still penalties but should have > been let go). The call that stands out the most is the one against maine > for the bench delay of game. If i remember correctly that put them down 2 > men. If he wanted to make a statement to the coaches (especially shawn) > about their trying to get a line advantage he should have given fair > warning to both coaches first. while i was watching espn and they may > have just ignored that I doubt it. > > OK, enough venting about officiating. I am not ccomplianing that it had > anything to do with the outcome but it did make the game more choppy > > i am interested to hear from both teams and other officails on this. I > could be very wrong > > Steve > bapst 94 > >