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Worst Call of the Season

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I'm still trying to get over that call at BU when DU was buzzing with 20 seconds left and an extra attacker. We were oh so close to scoring
over and over again when the ref called a penalty on us. 20 seconds left! Face off in our zone, buzzer, ruined the game. Several hard core BU fans were shaking their heads in disgust!!
 
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vizoroo said:
Friday night take down of Nick Shore by 2 Mavs,,,
I really hate to do this, :o but, i have to agree with BBM:o
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Even old p agreed:

Old Pio said:
Most of you know I'd rather date North Dakota "beauty" contest winners than complain about a call, but that deal with Shore last night really mystified me. Sure looked like he was pulled down when the MSU player's blade caught him at mid thigh. "Embellishment" strikes me, generally, as over-officious bull shiza, relying as it does on mind reading.
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How about Joe Biden going to San Francisco right before the NFC Championship game and extolling the Giants during a campaign speech there?

or BHO's "state of my re-election campaign" speech last night, masquerading as a Presidential address?
 
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CCHA officials are having a rough year.
This BC goal at Notre Dame was disallowed as the pass across the crease was called a hand pass. :eek:
The hilight is at 0:52 of the video.
 
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I am trying to decide between Alex Ovechkin and Tim Thomas right now, nevermind, they are both idiots. Just behind Jim Harbaugh for blowing off Coughlin and then not speaking to the media because he was having a tantrum.
 
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No doubt a ton of calls that were not that hot and many that cost teams games. I can note time after time in almost any game where I'm watching away and the arm goes up and I'm saying, " what happened". I know they are in a tough spot, but really they could call more penalties on North Dakota and less on everyone else;).
 
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F O F room fan said:
Watching 4 games in Providence this year, I would have to say the HE officials are trained to be bad. They are making calls that aren't even there. There is no flow to the games and i feel sad to say that HE would rather play a game entirely on special teams than 5 on 5. The NHL had to go to this because of a lack of scoring. The college game had no problems with scoring. Am I alone with these feelings or does anyone else feel these officials should soften up and let these guys play for the betterment of the game?
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I think you're onto something here, at least so far as HEA officials are concerned. In the several games I've seen, almost every hip-to-hip check along the boards is being called boarding, even when the check does not cause the recipient of the check to be "thrown violently into the boards," which was part of the wording of the boarding rule the last time I looked. I've also seen a couple of head contact majors assessed when either no contact was actually made or the recipient of the alleged contact clearly ducked his head into the an opponents forearm below shoulder level. Then there is the whole matter of "embellishment," which IMO has actually hurt the college game. I've seen several instances this year where matching minors were called on one player for an actual infraction and the "victim" of the infraction for embellishment. Ludicrous! It's either one or the other, but not both.

One of the chronic problems with HEA officiating is that it's an "Old Boy Network" that tends to ignore the USA Hockey Officiating Development Program, which has a track record of turning out some really sharp young officials over the years.

The officiating situation--at least in the east--needs significant improvement in terms of enforcement standards and consistency between and among game officials. IMO, college hockey will continue to lose battles for blue-chip players to major juniors until college officiating gets more realistic and more consistent across the D1 leagues. Maybe College Hockey, Inc., can play a constructive role here?
 
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How about the number of "embellishment" calls? A kid isn't sure how hurt he is and takes a minute to regroup and gather himself......embellishment and the refs take away a power play! Best games are when the refs go unnoticed.
 
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You're right about the embellishment situation. I've edited my original post to include that point. Thanks.
 
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In the Friday the 13th UNO/UMD game, in the third period, with UNO down 4-2 and 6:49 left, UNO pulled the goalie. UNO was putting on great pressure in the UMD end, peppering their keeper, and, all of a sudden--a whistle! The zebras stopped play and called a "too many men on the ice" penalty on UNO! Oh wait, they didn't realize UNO had pulled the goalie!

Coach Blais--not happy:

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Total B.S., inexcusable, and completely sapped the momentum that UNO had when the whistle blew. Off the ensuing faceoff, UMD got the puck (we need to work on our faceoffs) and immediately scored an empty netter. Game over.

As I have said in another thread somewhere, I never thought that WCHA officials could make me wish for CCHA officials, now having seen a season and half of WCHA officiating. Atrocious by comparison.
 
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And then there are games you wish it was limited to only one bad call.


After witnessing the Anderson/Shepherd fisco this weekend complete with phantom head butts, a plethra of majors for contact to the head which tape clearly showed were incorrrect, non-calls leading to goals, etc, etc … one can only hope that no conference hires them in the future. Their unemployment can only benefit college hockey.


http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_20047628
http://www.denverpost.com/kiszla/ci_20047634
 
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