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You're missing the point. It's not the calls, its the emphasis calls. This is a DIVISION WIDE emphasis. This is not baseball where one umps strikezone is 1/2 bigger than the next. The reffs as a whole need to get on the same page. You can not let things go (interference) for a couple games and then be called the next. If they want players to change the whole reffing group needs to be on the same page. And as I've said since day 1, this emphasis is beyond moronic. But its USA hockey trying to think they will change the game of hockey. Just like how you're not supposed to teach position until 10 and 12 years of age. No hitting till almost high school. You are taught at an early age to fight through sticks, fight through hands, take the body on a dump in, use your body position. I just went to a hockey camp in which all the above was worked on. When I told the instructor about the "new rules" he was beyond concerned. And he has been doing clinics for 20+ years all over. But just like the majority of things in the world these days, we have to coddle and make things easier so we don't have to work as hard. And no I am not saying the obvious hook downs, one handed take downs should be let go, we've all seen calls we are talking about. But as I said a month ago, when you can even stand the player up on a dump in when the puck is in your skates, it's gone too far. I can guarantee you coaches are not as pi $$ed about the calls as much as the consistency.
