Back in the day, when rowdy was truly rowdy, we would have to get to Sage rink an hour early to fill in the spots above where our players would come off & on the ice to keep the students from Hamilton from spitting on our players.
... I don't know how Fox got his game misconduct, but he was furious and had teammates holding him back after the ref called it ....Tonight was the first game I ever heard this "2 minutes for Spraying the goalie with snow."
Spraying the Goalkeeper
SECTION 51. A player shall not deliberately spray the goalkeeper.
PENALTY—Minor.
.....Tonight was the first game I ever heard this "2 minutes for Spraying the goalie with snow." I've played hockey since I was 3 (I'm 31 now) and I have never seen that, never even knew it was a penalty. I'm a goalie. I've been made a snowman many times, it was never called. I think that is b.s. ....
From the boxscore:
As for the spraying call I've heard from an official that its basically a judgmental call and that its pretty much only called when the refs need to get the game under control and keep an eye on the players. So its pretty much a BS thing to call and is only used when the game is running away from the officials.
I thought the officiating was absolutely horrid tonight. Lags got punched in the head 2-3 times with the refs looking right at him, no call. He was also crosschecked/punched in the head and back when he got tangled up with a guy on the ice and nothing was called. The interference call on leimbrock to start the game was borderline at best. However even with all of this the lakers still didn't let this get them down and they came out for the 2nd and took it to Hobart. Hobart had a bunch of cheapshots too, especially at the end of the game when #16 i think went after huinink and whitelaw. I thought that was bs. The spraying the goalie penalty was just crap too. It was no different than any other play where the player drives to the net until the whistle.
As for the spraying call I've heard from an official that its basically a judgmental call and that its pretty much only called when the refs need to get the game under control and keep an eye on the players. So its pretty much a BS thing to call and is only used when the game is running away from the officials.
A couple of quick things:
First, Gilchrist's goal should be credited to Whitelaw, I'm 100% sure of it. The puck hit him in the torso before going in.
Second, if the WTOP guys can take a look at 17:30 left to play in the second period, Broadwater might have (about 75% sure) punched Rodrigues in the back of the head as the puck transitioned up ice. I thought it was pretty classless.
Third, Fox's penalty was a complete joke. He was hit late (I wasn't really concerned about that call) and slashed, then took one of the two offending players into the boards basically pushing him. Everett seemed to automatically infer that the facemask was grabbed. Call the facemasking 2 minute and get on with it, calling a fiver is plain stupid. You were the official in the neutral zone at the time, don't make it more than it was.
Fourth, Whitelaw's shot to the fifth goal was nasty. Faked the pass and sniped top corner, nice.
Fifth, the spraying penalty really got me heated. Not only was any "spraying" minimal, but the Hobart player did have a hold of Brown going towards the goal. If I'm Broadwater, I'm pretty happy with Brown spraying him instead of running him over. Afterwards, I thought Broadwater was very lucky not getting an unsportsmanlike for his 'slash'; it wasn't exactly a love tap (closer to spearing).
Overall, I was very happy with the way the boys in green played tonight. This was a rough stretch, and they proved up to the challenge. KGT stood on his head a few times and the defense really helped him out, blocking a few shots and slapping rebounds away.