NHL '11 - '12 Thread

[Eleven]

Originally Posted by dvickery

as usuall...the refereeing in hockey remains the weak link of a beautiful game. f***king linesman think they are the stars of the show at every faceoff.

derrek

I think it gets worse the farther down the hockey chain it goes. I've seen Refs toss 12 year old kids out of faceoffs, and spend what seems like minutes getting them all lined up perfectly. At least at the level my kid plays at, there is *some* merit to it, but one Ref in particular is a total buzzkill on the ice with his insistence on perfection at the faceoff.

My biggest gripe this year at the NHL level was/is the officiating. An occasional mistake is one thing, but this year the Refs have taken over the game and in many cases are influencing outcomes.

Not that this really happened yesterday, but the "There was already a man advantage" argument should have ZERO bearing on calling another penalty.

[dvickery]

Originally Posted by Eleven

I think it gets worse the farther down the hockey chain it goes. I've seen Refs toss 12 year old kids out of faceoffs, and spend what seems like minutes getting them all lined up perfectly. At least at the level my kid plays at, there is *some* merit to it, but one Ref in particular is a total buzzkill on the ice with his insistence on perfection at the faceoff.

My biggest gripe this year at the NHL level was/is the officiating. An occasional mistake is one thing, but this year the Refs have taken over the game and in many cases are influencing outcomes.

Not that this really happened yesterday, but the "There was already a man advantage" argument should have ZERO bearing on calling another penalty.

i didnt say i agreed with the call(i didnt)...just saying why the "dive" was called...and yes the current manpower situation should have nothing to do with a fair unbiased referee's call...but it did and it does(influence the refs)...as i said before...the weak link in a beautiful game.

to call a good game...refs should be invisible.

derrek