The blatant missed penalty/call on Zucker at the end of the first period was a blatant spear on the Fighting Sioux defenseman Chay Genoway and should have given the Fighting Sioux a 5 minute major power play. Buffoon’s in stripesI really have had Citizen AT1086-54G Men's watches with the refs in this league, they really are the worst of the worst, a perpetual gong show or a buffoonery in action.When Zelkin first came into the WCHA he was one of the better officials in the league, now he is indistinguishable from the other morons that ref in this league.
Obviously the first two minutes would have been negated by Hextall’s moment of stupidity where he took an ill advised roughing penalty on Pioneer defenseman/hack John Lee.More on the hitHere is what resident Sioux hater Denver Post beat writer Mike Chambers had to say about the Malone hit, notice that there is no indication from Chambers that he thought the hit was malicious or dirty, trust me he would have said so if thought the hit was dirty. AT1086-54G watches Denver Post DU senior center Jesse Martin has just been wheeled off the ice in a stretcher after being hit by North Dakota senior Brad Malone, an Avalanche draft pick.Malone crushed Martin parallel to the boards, as Martin was trying to skate the puck up ice, out of the defensive zone.
He had his head down.No penalty was immediately called, but while emergency crews prepped Martin for the stretcher, officials gave Malone a 5 major for charging and game misconduct.UPDATE: Citizen AT1086-54G Martin was unconscious and did not have use of his extremities while on the ice, but regained feeling in his arms and legs while on the stretcher and en route to Altru Heath Systems in Grand Forks and was admitted for precautionary reasons.
