Word: ref
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...games offer various reasons for refusing to foul when up three. Cal coach Ben Braun, who teeters between the two tactics, nervously rattles off the risks of fouling another player. What if an 18-year-old kid gets too amped up and really whacks a points guard, causing the ref to whistle an intentional foul, which gives the opponent both two foul shots and the ball back? (Though after the no call last weekend on Ohio State's Greg Oden, who practically gang-tackled an Xavier player, it's hard to imagine anyone getting whistled for an intentional foul...
...calls. “It is easy to get frustrated when it gets physical, especially in tough games,” said Chu, who drew a hard body check six minutes into the third period. “We can’t control what the ref does. We can only control how we play.”OTHER TOURNEY NEWSEach of the top three seeds in the conference—Dartmouth, St. Lawrence, and Harvard—won its quarterfinal series in two games to advance to the semifinal round next weekend in Hanover, N.H.Fifth-seeded Colgate upended fourth...
...better on our power play in order to win hockey games.” Vermont killed seven penalties in the second and third periods, while the Crimson dealt with five of its own, including a five-minute major and game misconduct on senior Kevin Du. “[The ref] called way too many penalties” captain Dylan Reese said. “I thought it was ridiculous. [For] both teams—he was calling everything. If you touched a guy, he called a penalty.” With both teams receiving an approximately equal proportion...
...contest—as it matched the Catamounts’ 26 shots on goal. But despite the number of power plays that resulted from the 20 penalties called on both sides, Harvard failed to break the scoring drought that persisted through the rest of regulation. “[The ref] called way too many penalties,” Reese said. “I thought it was ridiculous. [For] both teams—he was calling everything. If you touched a guy, he called a penalty. It kills the momentum of the game.” No matter how much...
...defender tripped her up from behind in the circle, drawing a yellow card and giving the Crimson a penalty shot. The shot hit the crossbar and ricocheted to the ground. The referee ruled it a miss, saying it did not cross the goal line. “The ref said it didn’t go in,” Sobek-Rosnick said. “I trust the ref’s decision.” Even after the tough loss, Harvard believes in its team’s ability to contend with powerhouses like the Eagles...