Geof, thanks for posting these videos! I only heard it on-line. As for the penalties, they all seemed legitimate to me. The second one was a roughing call as Zanette went for Baxter's head, not the body. It may have seemed ticky-tack in substance, but, looking at it over and over, I agree with the referee on that one. The OT penalty was a clear slash, but not by Burichin; Chartrain was the clear offender. The refs called a proper slash, just got the wrong guy in the box. Chartrain didn't have any intention of hitting the puck, in my opinion, thus the slash was called. Borderline? Possibly in OT, but Coburn was clearly hit with a stick, and hard enough that both refs called it. I feel for Niagara, though, as the wrong guy was penalized, clearly.
One other thing, and I hate to bring up this from the far past, but I have to admit that I was not in the loop during the Kingston issue years back in the CHA final. I have seen a number of allusions to it on blogs in the past, and hope you can explain what happened. I remember well Gardner's getting away with the net push; but, I have to admit, I did not see, nor remember any specifics regarding Kingston and his "goal" for Wayne State.
