tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post6062632416110907455..comments2023-10-20T04:45:00.350-06:00Comments on Coming Down the Pipe!: Not Dead YetGuy Flaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178739486819659419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-48637267991638353542009-05-07T16:56:00.000-06:002009-05-07T16:56:00.000-06:00One down, three to go.
I'm nervous as hell, doubl...One down, three to go.<br /><br />I'm nervous as hell, doubly so because I can't make it to the game tonight (damned virus), but I figure if ever there were a junior team that could pull the ol' Leafs-Isles-Sox comeback, it's these guys. If they play three more games like that, they can do it; if they let up for even a second, though, they're toast. Tall order, but with the more rested team, and with Benn out to injury...there's hope.<br /><br />Actually, I'd be satisfied either way with a complete game. There always seemed to be someone out of position or not paying attention or flubbing the puck at an inopportune time (Plante on the play that led to the PP that led to the game-winner in G1; Jones for the entire first half of the third period of G2). If they lose a hard-fought game and leave it all out there, I'll be happy with the finish. If they have another inconsistent effort like they've shown too often this post-season, but only recently been burned by, well, they'll have had it coming.Doogie2Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703778878103452453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-35826454618269449212009-05-07T15:07:00.000-06:002009-05-07T15:07:00.000-06:00Even though Dan Russell was going on about how it ...Even though Dan Russell was going on about how it should've been too many men because the puck hit Golicic, that's not what the problem was (as someone eventually pointed out to him). From the WHL rulebook...<br /><br />"If in the course of making a substitution, either the player entering the game or the player (or goalkeeper) retiring from the ice surface plays the puck with his stick, skates or hands or who checks or makes any physical contact with an opposing player while either the player entering the game or the retiring player is actually on the ice, then the infraction of 'too many men on the ice' will be called."<br /><br />As Guy said, Golicic was not yet on the bench when Stone or whoever it was hammered the shot. So it was too many men.Viknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-34286929830283825972009-05-07T12:30:00.000-06:002009-05-07T12:30:00.000-06:00I found this on Alan Caldwell's "Small thoughts at...I found this on Alan Caldwell's "Small thoughts at large" Blog:<br /><br />"This is rule 74.1 from the WHL's online rulebook:<br /><br />74.1 Too Many Men on the Ice - Players and goalkeepers may be<br />changed at any time during the play from the players’ bench provided<br />that the player or players leaving the ice shall be within five feet (5') of<br />his players’ bench and out of the play before the change is made.<br />...<br />If in the course of a substitution either the player(s) entering the<br />play or the player(s) retiring is struck by the puck accidentally, the play<br />will not be stopped and no penalty will be called.<br /><br />So, since both Calgary players were within five feet of the bench, it was a legal substitution. And since the player who was leaving the ice had his back turned when he was hit by the puck, it was clearly an accidental touch of the puck and therefore the play should not be stopped and no penalty assessed."marknoreply@blogger.com