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That was an oversight, not a mistake. There are at least a couple other mistakes. I'm surprised that nobody caught them.

Works for me.

I see that even at age 9, Brady was doing that thing with him mouth that so bothers redwing77.

Because you're inside ESPN, I have no power to help you. Sorry.

DOH! I knew that. I've probably typed "Xcel" a hundred times. When you get old, the finger-brain coordination isn't what it used to be.

I forgot to ask. That's why I'm a sudo-reporter.

He need three more years of college hockey -- minimum.

What? Did someone say something?

Just the BSU game.

The WCHA reprimand of Adam and his officiating crew was discussed here this morning in this thread. PS: I liked your old avatar better, Hockey Mom. It's the best one on the board.

There is no such book because it would legitimize the profession.

Well, there was the on-ice vasectomy that Dr. Prpich peformed on UAA's Lee Green free of charge at last year's WCHA Final Five... But that certainly wasn't anywhere close to what Paukovich did to Bina.

Bad choice, Mory00. Perhaps you missed the fact that some Sioux fans blasted me for writing a USCHO news article about Greene's DWI arrest. I suppose I could have adopted your approach and closed my eyes to the story because it didn't involve hockey. And the information you posted as a quote from me came from my post on USCHO in which I criticized Greene for some of his illegal hits and The Ralph's big-screen glorification of his illegal hit on a SCSU player. I'm not giving Greene a pass for his conduct off the ice, and I'm not making excuses for his play on the ice. So thank you very much for proving my point.

First, the story about Paukovich is in the public domain because it's on the Web. Anyone who knows how to Google can easily find it. There's no prying into private information, no court records to access or slick, time-consuming detective work involved. Second, I see Gwozdecky making excuses for his player, claiming that Paukovich plays intelligent hockey and is simply a victim of his size. For example, there's this Gwozdecky quote on Paukovich from the Jan. 27 Rocky Mountain News: Third, I see DU fans at USCHO telling everyone that Paukovich is really "a great kid" and that everyone should leave him alone because he feels terrible about what happened Bina. All the information about Paukovich -- his many undisciplined penalties, the dangerous hit on Bina, reports from other hockey fans about his penchant for poor on-ice decisions AND the rape conviction -- factor into judging his character. They are all part of who he is and what he's done. You can't separate them and pretend like they're disconnected. For me, it comes down to this: Don't try to feed me BS and tell me it's ice cream.

So anything a hockey player does off the ice is off limits? Tell it to Dany Heatly.

It's part of their therapy. Really. Ask Federov.

We? So you're in on it, too?

This thread is confusing me. It's not nice to confuse old people, no matter how easy it is to do.

Especially with the supervisor of officials. I'd argue that based on Adam's performance in the UAA-UW series, there's no way he should have been reffing in the Final Five. And given his history with UND, I question the judgement of using him in any game involving the Sioux.

Actually, the news release is interesting because my understanding is that it's official WCHA policy not to publicly release information regarding the discipline of officials (unless your name happens to be Jay Kleven). The legal CYA maneuvers have begun. And, no, I'm not a lawyer, but I watch actors play them on TV all the time.

Good move on Gwozdecky's part. I would have had more respect for him if he would have taken Paukovich out of the Sioux game. Not only would it have shown some class, it would have been a wise thing to do. I couldn't believe that he'd put him back on the ice after the hit on Bina. That was almost as incomprehensible to me as Adam's two-minute minor.

You don't actually expect us to believe that, do you?

The sudo-reporter is writing a real article for USCHO at the moment. Stay tuned.