Uniting Fans through 'Ref You Suck'

About this episode

The episode discusses various controversial referee decisions and player incidents from recent hockey games.

This week: A goal line stop - or was it - at Canes vs. Senators Game 1 Habs’ Anderson takes out Bolts’ D’Astous and sees his penalty reduced from a major to a minor… and then has his goal wiped out on a stick that was too damn high Tampa’s Hagel hits Montreal’s Guhle, resulting in a high stick on Brayden Point. That doesn’t seem fair… Goaltender interference at Kings vs. Avalanche Mammoth’s Durzi is out there doing head butts Strange one at Senators vs. Hurricanes where a penalty shot is awarded for a hook that never happened after a goal is disallowed for an offside zone entry. Did you get all that? Down goes Crosby! A career first for Sid the former Kid, picking up an embellishment penalty prior to a faceoff against the Flyers’ Garnet Hathaway More chaos at Flyers vs. Pens as Rust and Konecny go at it with unpenalized elbows - and maybe a kick - as the refs break out the riot pads Stars’ Benn goes high on an unsuspecting Boldy, picking the head… another accidentally on purpose play from the Dallas captain? Carolina’s Hall takes out Ottawa’s Jake Sanderson with an illegal check to the head. --------------- Visit…

People in this episode

Host: Scouting the Refs

Topics covered

• referee decisions
• hockey penalties
• game analysis
• player incidents
• fan engagement

Keywords

• referee
• penalty
• hockey
• Crosby
• game analysis
• fan engagement
• high stick
• goaltender interference
• illegal check

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canes, Senators, Habs, Bolts, Tampa, Montreal, Kings, Avalanche, Flyers, Pens

Places: Carolina, Ottawa

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