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Remarkably, referee Dan Murphy allowed the goal and did not call a penalty on Jelenic...
...second period was dominated by the ever-present whistle of referee Dan Murphy. The teams were whistled for a combined seven penalties in the period, an event which would have appeared to work in Yale's favor, given their superior special-teams play late in the season...
When Steve Moore scored the go-ahead goal, the place looked like a mosh pit. Chants rained down, attacking everything from Yale goaltender Dan Lombard's punctured lung, referee Dan Murphy's inane officiating (more on that later) and the pathetic offerings from both the Yale and Harvard bands. (Note to the band: When Harvard students are chanting, don't try and drown them out with that Irish jig). The chant of the series was "H-U-P-D" when the cops busted some pugnacious Eli supporters who went after the uncle of assistant captain Chris Bala...
Normally, this column space tried to avoid ragging on the officiating, but Dan Murphy should be demoted to the squirt league for his job in this game. Not only did he engage in the traditional ECAC practice of makeup calls, but his incessant use of the whistle denied almost any flow to these games. Moreover, when Jelenic went over to taunt Jonas and sophomore defenseman Aaron Kim came over to keep him in line, Murphy did the right thing by assessing Jelenic a misconduct, but he failed to give him a minor penalty. Therefore, Yale was rewarded by the sequence...
...Reported by Dan Cray/Los Angeles, Alice Park/New York and Dick Thompson/Washington