OK, so what would you do as an official after a rather chippy game where you missed some obvious calls, crack down on the physicality and tow the hard line on penalties? Apparently not. The Saturday nigh game against Miami was something of a spectacle for all of the wrong reasons. Maybe it was the back check from Miami that sent our player to the ground and caused us to get a penalty. Maybe it was the continued failure to call goaltender interference. Maybe it was a series of questionable off-sides calls that really got us not trusting them. Maybe Miami just needed to learn to control their emotions (something I need to do myself on the ice), but it all started going downhill about the time the students began chanting, "The refs have lost control," and refusing to acknowledge them when they returned after the intermission. It ended at the the last minute of play with the third and fourth ejections of the game and enough Miami players in the penalty box to where the band had to start playing to cover up the derogatory chants the student section was creating for the occasion. To be fair, there were two Michigan players in the box at that time as well. Actually, they had to play over quite a few chants this game. It got to the point where they ran out of music.
Other than the excessive penalties and fighting on both sides, I'd say we did a bang-up job. Posting a three nothing shutout was pretty awesome, especially when one of those goals is short-handed. I love few things more than short-handed goals. Hunwick was on fire this weekend.
Altogether, it was a great experience. I do enjoy a ridiculous time out.
This weekend will see me with the last two home hockey games of the year along with a men's gymnastics match.
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