"It's frustrating that everyone was playing so well, and that I'll not be able to be [an active] part of the team, at least for a while."
Striking: As you might have heard, the NHL's referees and linesmen went on strike Monday in search of higher wages, and replacements from various minor leagues and the college ranks were called up by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman in an attempt to break the strike.
Each "scab" candidate attended a camp in Indiana last weekend set up by the league to familiarize them-selves with the rules changes that they may be exposed to in the NHL.
One of them is the "two-line pass" rule, which mandates that a pass from within one's defensive zone (i.e. behind the blue line) to a teammate that passes center ice without being touched is whistled offsides.
So--imagine the reaction of fans in Boston University's Walter Brown Arena when the referee whistled a two-line pass Friday night in BU's contest with Northeastern.
A fan yelled, "Hey, were you in Indiana last weekend?" The referee immediately jerked his head around and gave him a nasty look. Ouch. Say goodbye to one of your refs, Hockey East.