Random YouTube Magic: Penalty-Free Stick-Swinging - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

I'm not sure who posted this, but I'm forever grateful.

The following video comes from the 1987-88 college hockey season. Why was it posted Friday, March 27, 2008? The world may never know.

One of the participants in this stick-swinging affair from some 20 years ago is Lee Davidson. He was a sophomore for the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux when the Sioux hosted Alaska-Anchorage October 30-31, 1987. Based on the video's narrative, Davidson was hit pretty hard by Shawn Lofroth of UAA, and was next seen by the camera near the blue line. It's there that he swings his stick at Lofroth.

The actual stick-swinging skirmish doesn't last very long, and apparently the officials were busy near the net. As far as we can see, they never get anywhere near Davidson and Lofroth.

Davidson played for UND from 1986-1990, and is now an assistant coach at Minnesota-Duluth. He told me today he doesn't really remember the incident vividly, and he sounded surprised that someone would so randomly post this on YouTube (though I guess this is what YouTube is for).

"There was a skirmish at the side of the net, and I was just standing there," Davidson said. "I got cross-checked pretty hard."

Davidson claims he wasn't assessed a penalty for his role in the incident.