‘“The hooking, holding and obstruction was at a level that the league knew that they were going to have to change it,” Ruff said. “The game was getting down to a crawl. Dallas had some big bodies and had to slow us down. In today’s rules, the penalties would have been about 35-25 and the whole game would have been power play.”’
Mike Harrington: Lindy Ruff, Ken Hitchcock look back as Buffalo Sabres' 'No Goal' loss turns 25
Source: Buffalo News