Re: Wisconsin Hockey 2019-20 Part II: Civil War
From Todd’s article below, Wow. I’ve noticed an uptick on clock malfunctions at the KC this year - so much so that folks in our section regularly razz the scoreboard for being so high tech, but apparently unable to do something as simple as counting down from 20 minutes. But, at least the KC timekeeper does a consistent job of notifying the ref when there is an issue. In what happened below, the ND timekeeper had to know they hadn’t started the clock for 42 seconds, and simply chose to not notify the refs. And in doing so, cost the Badgers an additional penalty and an additional 5-3 goal. I hate to be a guy who blames the refs for an outcome of the game, but watching on TV, this game was admittedly not called evenly. Then to find out that an off-ice official played this big of a role in shaping the game is ludicrous. If the Badgers go into the locker room down 2-1 at the end of two periods, it’s a lot different in momentum than going in down 3-1 with an entire PP to kill. And that is all on the officials. This is just a crazy, unconscionable scenario for the Big 10 to have allowed. Mistakes happen. But to not point out the mistake so it can be fixed now made it something very different than a mistake, and a simple “I’m sorry” from the league office must have been even more insulting for the staff to receive after the fact.
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Granato said the Big Ten apologized for a timing error by off-ice officials that added what he said was another 42 seconds to the second period on Saturday.
That was to the detriment of the Badgers, who were whistled for a penalty and allowed a 5-on-3 goal in the final 18 seconds of the period — time that shouldn’t have been left on the clock.
After Notre Dame scored with 3:35 remaining in the second period to take a 2-1 lead, the timekeeper at Compton Family Ice Arena didn’t start the clock for nearly three-quarters of a minute after the faceoff.
“The period would have been over 42 seconds earlier but because of a human error, there’s nothing they can do,” Granato said Monday. “They said ‘sorry.’”
Timing errors normally are corrected at the next whistle, when off-ice officials alert the referees and fix the clock. That didn’t happen Saturday, and the Badgers went into the third period trailing 3-1 after Cal Burke’s goal with 7.1 seconds left. They lost 5-2 after cutting the deficit to 3-2 in the opening minute of the third period.
https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/hockey/aggressive-play-a-double-edged-sword-for-wisconsin-badgers-dylan/article_0b226b76-158b-5e91-a7cc-0a483e335928.html