Oh, You're an ANGRY Coach!

About this episode

The episode discusses various controversial penalties and officiating decisions during recent playoff games.

On this week's playoff-penalty-filled episode: Senators' Grieg gets two Montreal's Matheson misses the puck Habs’ Demidov may not be to blame for his goaltender interference penalty Bruins’ McAvoy is ready for baseball season… and a suspension Flyers’ Foerster lowers the hatchet Carolina’s Martinook’s self-inflicted high stick Why the officials made the right non-call on an icing play that led to the Vegas Golden Knights’ game-winner against the Anaheim Ducks Your playoff reminder that officiating ain’t easy, with one liney dumped into the bench and another taking a punch Avs’ Burns with a distinct kicking motion right into Kiriil Kaprizov’s crotch Philly’s Drysdale interferes on Staal... or is that the other way around? Canes’ Brind’amour gets fired up - and penalized - on the bench Flyers’ Sanheim boarded by Hurricanes’ Hall: did the refs get it right? --------------- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠scoutingtherefs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow @scoutingtherefs and @toddlewissports on Twitter/X, Instagram, BlueSky, and Threads. Email us your questions - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠heyref@scoutingtherefs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Questions? Comments? Just looking to vent? Call the…

People in this episode

Host: Todd Lewis

Topics covered

• playoff penalties
• hockey officiating
• coaching reactions
• player incidents
• game analysis
• referee decisions

Keywords

• penalties
• officiating
• hockey
• playoffs
• coaches
• players
• referees

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vegas Golden Knights, Anaheim Ducks, Hurricanes, Flyers, Bruins, Senators, Habs

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