I had the Pleasure of sitting next to Bokal and Shepard on the flight to Minneapolis this morning and I asked about the hit on LaPoint. He said from his vantage point it was at least a cross check but since at the time he was out at Center Ice making that call with Thul down in the zone would be improper since he is responisble for action away from the puck. I got a dirty look from Shepard it was kinda funny, that someone dare bring up a missed call to a WCHA ref.