North Dakota should buy that ref a beer.
For most officials, just being allowed to ref a game in that building in front of those fans is enough. And for those who will someday have grandchildren living in the Twin Cities, they will be able to tell them what it is like to be on the ice in front of 12,000 actual live fans.
Ouch, that means if the grandchildren are hockey fans, they will have to explain why they gave that game to UND, instead of making the right call.
For most officials, just being allowed to ref a game in that building in front of those fans is enough. And for those who will someday have grandchildren living in the Twin Cities, they will be able to tell them what it is like to be on the ice in front of 12,000 actual live fans.
I know of two former refs who flat-out stated, to my friends and I, in person, that the Ralph was the worst place to ref....because of the fans.
Problem is, most of us Nodaks would take that as a compliment.
I know of two former refs who flat-out stated, to my friends and I, in person, that the Ralph was the worst place to ref....because of the fans.
I've heard similar about the Mooch. Never mind, I'm lying as Gopher fans don't attend home games.![]()
I've heard similar about the Mooch. Never mind, I'm lying as Gopher fans don't attend home games.![]()
North Dakota should buy that ref a beer.
I think a ref in the old WCHA got fired who was bat **** horrible. And he would have said the same thing. Wilke.I know of two former refs who flat-out stated, to my friends and I, in person, that the Ralph was the worst place to ref....because of the fans.
A beer? A ****ing car.North Dakota should buy that ref a beer.
I think a ref in the old WCHA got fired who was bat **** horrible. And he would have said the same thing. Wilke.
North Dakota should buy that ref a beer.
Yes, they should. It's rare that an official has actually read the rule book and enforces it; namely:
There are four (4) specific conditions that must be met in order for the Referee to award a penalty shot for a player being fouled from behind. They are:
• The infraction must have taken place in the neutral zone or attacking zone, (i.e. over the puck carrier’s own blue line);
• The infraction must have been committed from behind;
• The player in possession and control (or, in the judgment of the Referee, clearly would have obtained possession and control of the puck) must have been denied a reasonable chance to score (the fact that he got a shot off does not automatically eliminate this play from the penalty shot consideration criteria. If the foul was from behind and he was denied a “more” reasonable scoring opportunity due to the foul, then the penalty shot should be awarded);
• The player in possession and control (or, in the judgment of the Referee, clearly would have obtained possession and control of the puck) must have had no opposing player between himself and the goalkeeper.
The call, based on the rule book, was correct.
So yes, that official should be rewarded.
No and no.Yes, they should. It's rare that an official has actually read the rule book and enforces it; namely:
There are four (4) specific conditions that must be met in order for the Referee to award a penalty shot for a player being fouled from behind. They are:
• The infraction must have been committed from behind;
• The player in possession and control (or, in the judgment of the Referee, clearly would have obtained possession and control of the puck) must have had no opposing player between himself and the goalkeeper.
He wasn't pulled down from behind. Soucy got his torso in front of Poganski when he dove. Soucy was between Poganski and the goalkeeper. So by the rules, it shouldn't have been a penalty shot. Plenty of people have said this: Schlossman, Goon, someone named Avash Kalra who wrote the NCHC column for CHN.If that wasn't a penalty shot, what is?