[2016-2017 College Hockey (Non UND Hockey)]

2 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

That's because you have that confounded-rock-and-roll-rot-yur-brain-music turned up too durn loud on them thar ear thingies from yer eyePod. 

And get yur dog off my yard!   < shaking fist > 

Holy crap! I think I was channeling PCM there for a minute.  

You rang?  Oh, wait, my bad.  You wanted the REAL PCM.  Sorry.  

[UND to cut women's hockey]

1 minute ago, PCM said:

It's a step down, I know. 

or maybe a step UP?  

[University of North Dakota Hockey 2017-18 Season]

@ringneck28

Gotta find some foalie scorers for Friday nights next fall.  Otherwise, there might not be many Saturday morning mimosas and those other shenanigans next season.  

[Time to re-look at certain rules?]

On 3/28/2017 at 3:58 PM, PCM said:

The point of my blog to which The Sicatoka graciously posted the link was not to contest whether Hoff was offsides, but to suggest that the NCAA apply the "no harm, no foul" precedent it set when it changed the man in the crease rule. The change recognized that even if a member of the attacking team was in the crease when technically he wasn't supposed to be, the goal would count if his presence didn't interfere with the goalie's ability to make a save. 

After reviewing a replay of Bowen's disallowed OT goal, there are a some facts worth noting.

1. From the time Olson carried the puck into the zone and Bowen scored, 29 seconds elapsed.
2. The linesman in ideal position to determine if the play was onside signaled the zone entry good. Nobody on either team held up as if they expected an offsides call. 
3. Coming in on the rush, Olson fed a pass to Bowen high in the slot. He skated to near the top of the right circle and fired a wrist shot that went wide right. From that point on, it was completely matter of chance as to which team gained control of the puck. 
4. At one point during the 29 seconds UND was in BU's zone, a Terriers' forward had control of the puck. He could have banked it off the glass, chipped it out or lobbed it out. But he tried to skate it out and Olson picked his pocket. It was this play by Olson that ultimately led to Bowen's goal. 
5. By the time Bowen scored, whether or not the zone entry was legal became totally irrelevant. Through hard work, cycling and a strong forecheck, UND kept the puck in the zone to create the scoring opportunity.
6. An official made the mistake of allowing play to continue.  A BU player made the mistake that led to UND's goal. And yet it was UND -- which received absolutely no advantage from one of its players being offsides by what appeared to be a razor-thin margin at best -- that was penalized for the unnoticed infraction. 

Personally, I don't think this was fair way to handle the situation, especially when a team's season and a trip to the Frozen Four are on the line. If the NCAA is going to review playoff goals for offsides infractions, it needs a much better system. It needs high-speed, high-resolution digital imaging cameras positioned on each blue line to quickly provide indisputable evidence. The camera the officials used to overturn UND's OT goal was neither designed for nor positioned for this critical task. 

Well this is awkward...