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I have good things to say about Gilbert, Leonard, and Wahl: I've never seen them ref a game.
Actually, Litterio isn't too bad. Whittemore I don't think I've seen in orange, but he's a decent linesman.
I am not going to bash Schafer at all. His record speaks for itself. He is among the coaches though that get lost in the event while on the bench. There are a few guys that are kind of jerks on the bench, but good guys outside...Schafer, Donato and Gaudet lead in that category!
Kepler nailed it. We all hated Belanger, Noeth and Amian too, but it was remarkably consistent and I actually think it is/was a penalty for playing three blind mice....I know the bands / stereo had to stop playing that at Appleton because they were told to by the league I guess. ECAC officiating now is like a box of chocolates!!!
Kotyra is on my list because when he has put the screws to us, it is in the playoffs.
As for our radio guys...sure there have been times where Greg went a bit overboard, but more often than not I am at the games and not listening. That we agree on most matters related to officiating makes him good in my opinion.
During the Belanger era, it was a much tougher league. You paid the price big time for parking in front of the net. Now, any contact that looks bad is called regardless of whether it is actually a penalty. I agree, the linesmen can be brutal on some nights and those calls HAVE to be reliable. I don't want an edge. I want players on both teams protected and I want consistency. I find the officiating incredibly inconsistent.
Hell, at Union last year I think every penalty called on SLU was by one ref (Barnard) and every penalty called on Union was by the other ref. I don't remember what the total calls ended up being, but it was not a well officiated game. Sorry to those at Union that counted the 7th player ballots....I stuffed the ballot box that night with the Union 7th player being Referee Barnard!!
The problem is a systemic lack (NCAA - USA Hockey) of recruitment and training of young refs. If your going to bother reporting one incident, it would likely take me 3-4 paragraphs to describe what I witnessed that wasn't called. PLease, Give us a break.
...it would likely take me 3-4 paragraphs to describe what I witnessed that wasn't called. PLease, Give us a break.
Here's an idea, and would make "home field advantage" important:
Since the crowd is always complaining about the refs, pick some random bums out of the crowd, throw them in stripes. Though try to get a visiting team ref in there just to make it SEEM fair.
OK, maybe not.
For the non-RPI fans (simply because my goggles are cherry, and would like to see this from another angle), is there anyone out there that feels your team is constantly given the short straw by the refs?
), yet there are many games where the number of calls are even or reflect the score and are not reflective of the actual number of infractions. The only exception is I believe Kotyra has put the screws to SLU twice in playoff games / series and was a major factor in the outcome. 
I think the reason we aren't seeing more "good" names posted is that a good ref shouldn't be noticed. They should be transparent to the players and the fans. Those of us calling out specific guys do so because they make blatantly bad/one-sided calls and make us notice them.
Personally, my worst experiences have been with MacDonald. It's almost as if there are times when he says "hey, look at how important I am out here."