When the season is over I hope the league coaches let the officials in this league have it because the league officials are doing a piss poor job and they are going to receive a grade of "F" for their effort from the fans in this league. If I hear or read one more comment by Bruce McCloud that the league officials are doing a good job I am going to snap. I just want to come through my television and flick him in the head. I've have had it with this crap.
The product on the ice that the WCHA has become so horrible, substandard and God awful to watch, this is not hockey. Garrett Roe and T.J. Oshie can not show case their talent in this league if they are being held up and down the ice. Honestly, you wouldn't ref this poorly the Bemidji men's league and get away with it. You would never be allowed to ref another hockey game.
I will take the NHL any day over this crap any day. Fans don't pay good money to watch a bunch of clutching, grabbing, hacking, tackling, slashing. Top this off with unbelievable defensive efforts and you have a recipe for boredom. Tackling a guy that takes away a scoring opportunity is a penalty in any league's rule book; whether it takes place in the first period in over-time. Tackling is not allowed in any league in hockey, however, it is encouraged in football.
Note to Todd Anderson; get off your knees put the whistle to your lips, put your arm in the air and blow your whistle, then skate to the penalty circle and make the call.
The days of race horse hockey in this league is no more. The product on the ice has become unwatchable and horrid. Please call the penalties on both sides on the ice as they happen. Power plays and Penalty killing are part of the game. If the hand comes off the stick to hold up the player it is a penatly. Call the game the way it is supposed to call and let the league show case the offensive stars that it has.
Redwing77 sums it up pretty well:
Anderson did a poor job of officiating, but it is NOT because of the missed call in OT. Everyone knows that anything but CFBs go non-called in OT. He let a TON of stuff go. The Sioux got away with a lot and so did the Huskies.
Box Score
1st Period (20:00)
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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Brad Malone (2-Slashing) STC 1x1 16:02
STC 1 - 0 6x5 PP John Swanson (6) (Ryan Lasch, Garrett Roe) 16:43
STC: 26,19,9,7,12,G33 NDK: 2,28,16,7,G1
STC-1 Chris Anderson (2-Hooking) NDK 0x1 19:21
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 1 - 1 6x6 GT Rylan Kaip (7) (Matt Watkins, Chris VandeVelde) 1:55
NDK (+): 17,11,20,2,3,G1 STC (-): 10,9,12,7,24,G33
NDK-2 Joe Finley (2-Interference) STC 1x2 6:52
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Overtime (5:00)
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End of Game
that officiating sounds exactly like our series last weekend against Mankato. No one could skate b/c the Mavs just tackled everyone, and when we argued, we got game misconducts! BUT, we'll take what happened to you guys so we can enjoy that trophy alllll to ourselves :) See you guys in Minneapolis!
ReplyDeleteHey Goon, I was anxious to see what you had to say about the game because I only heard the last half of the third and the OT. Another stellar reffing night in the WCHA??
ReplyDeleteWell said, Goon!! I listened to the whole game with Don Lyons. He commented many times that both teams got away with a lot. It sounds like Anderson had made up his mind to "let the boys play." I was thinking of driving up to GF for the game, and now I'm rather glad I didn't. This reffing issue is horrible for my blood pressure!!
ReplyDeleteI want to call the officals to call the game the way the rule book says, not by the score board and not by which team has had more power plays.
ReplyDeleteIf a player commits a penalty call it, I couldn't believe the stuff that went uncalled both ways on the ice.
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ReplyDeleteI agree and can only hope there is some major discussions and overhauls in the way the WCHA is officiated. No one is more aware of the poor officiating than the Badgers who have endured two additional losses and a sixth place finish instead of a fourth place finish because Schmidt can't do his job and watch a replay and Shepherd assumes a goalie is going to catch an airborne rebound.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping all the clutching and grabbing goes bye bye because the other place this kills the league teams is in the tournament when the other league officials make those calls