MSU's captain (Irwin?) took a shot at Geoffrion well after the whistle and then stood at center ice screaming at him and the rest of the Badgers for a couple of minutes. I thought the refs would DQ him for his conduct or at least give him a posthumous penalty but they didn't do anything. I assume that, among other things, is what got Eaves steamed, and I assume that MSU's coach was ****ed about the penalty discrepancy.
On the elbow to Smith's head, it wasn't after a whistle, but Smith had lined the guy up and laid a big legal check on him and then after play had gone to the other end and Smith was heading towards the bench the MSU guy laid the elbow to the back of his head.
Does anybody know what happened with the puck that appeared to go into the net in the first period? It looked like it hit the back of the net and came out both live and on replay but the ref waved it off and blew his whistle when the puck was still otherwise live. Inadvertant whistle before the goal? Also, anybody have any thoughts comparing the penalty shot call for MSU (which appeared to me to be a good call) to the play in the second period where the MSU player grabbed the puck in the crease and threw it out before it went in (which looked to be pretty much the same play as the PS call)?
All in all, an...odd game. We need to play better.
