WCHA Suspends Referee Indefinitely
WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod confirmed to INCH that referee Randy Schmidt has been suspended by the league. McLeod said no formal announcement would be made and the terms of the suspension were indefinite, but Schmidt is not expected to work any more games during the 2007-08 season.
McLeod added that whether or not Schmidt will work as a WCHA referee next season or ever again has not been decided. The decision was made by McLeod in consult with WCHA supervisor of officials Greg Shepherd after the league twice issued apologies for errors made by Schmidt this season.
Most recently, the WCHA issued a statement saying an apparent goal by Wisconsin in the final second of the Badgers’ game at Denver Jan. 11 should have counted. The play, which would have tied the game at 3-3 and forced overtime, was initially ruled a goal by Schmidt, then after a review he incorrectly ruled that time had expired before the puck crossed the goal line, giving Denver a 3-2 win.
The Wisconsin State Journal reported that Schmidt met privately with Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves to apologize for the error the next day. Schmidt, who works as a police officer in North Dakota full-time, has been a WCHA official for 14 years.
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Monday, February 04, 2008
WCHA official Randy Schmidt done for the Year.
INCH is reporting that Randy Schmidt has been suspended for the rest of the season. This is really good news for the league, now I wonder if we can get the league to suspend Adam as well?
A little scary to think that Schmidt is the police and can't even pay enough attention to a replay to make sure a goal was really a goal. How many statutes do you think he's actually read all the way through?
ReplyDeleteAbout time they admit that he's done for the year. If he would have been able to come back, fans would have freaked out!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, you should take the post of "Stafford on UND" off of your blog because the video makes your blog scroll down to it automatically and it's annoying!
Nin, that was my first thought too! Well, one down, many many more to go!!
ReplyDeleteLGM, couldn't figure out if it was me that was making that happen or not. ANNOYING! :)
I think that Schmidt will recycle right back into the mix during the next season. Just a prediction.
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