WCHA players seem to be adjusting slowly to the greater emphasis being placed on calling penalties for obstructing the puck carrier. There are few calls one period and, you start thinking, oh, they are catching on. Then the next period, there is a parade to the penalty box.

Coaches are complaining it is hard to analyze their players because there is so little five-on-five hockey.

You can go to the NCAA web site and find a video on the new rules. It’s interesting.

To RR, I fixed where Paul Martin plays. Thanks for mentioning it.

To Tom, You are right the Gophers do just reload. So many of the top kids want to wear the maroon and gold. They don’t seem to lose many recruiting battles. The trouble Lucia has is keeping his players for more than two, three years, sometimes one.