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Got a question on rule clarification, comments on rule enforcements or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry Fraser wants to answer your emails at cmonref@tsn.ca! Hey Kerry, What did you think about the officiating in the Flyers versus Oilers game? This was from an Edmonton Journal blog: "The refereeing was so bad in this game that it broke the scale. Some of that was on the linesmen – Taylor Hall was whistled on an icing play which clearly should have been negated – but mostly it was on the referees. The entire Flyers team was out looking for blood after a clean hit by Corey Potter on Scott Hartnell midway through the second period, with many of them confronting Potter. The referees easily could have called a roughing penalty; they didnt. Then, Magnus Paajarvis stick was slashed into two piece by Nicklas Grossman; a penalty should have been called and would have eased the bloodlust, but wasnt. This led to Hartnells kneeing call, a dirty hit that ended Paajarvis night and based on severity probably should have been a five minute rather than two minute call. Of course, the whole play could have been avoided if the referees were doing their job in the first place. After that, the game descended into comedy – on three different occasions, Ales Hemsky was cross-checked, with two of them coming away from the puck. No call. Ryan Smyth was mugged away from the puck; Taylor Hall was mauled with the puck. No call. Commentator Louie DeBrusk described the game as being played by “prison rules,” which was the order of the day until late in the third period, where Hall was whistled on a comparatively chintzy slashing call. It was an ECHL-level performance, and reflected very poorly on both men. Of note, the two referees have combined for 783 regular season games, and zero playoff matches. Based on tonight, thats a trend that seems likely to continue." J. ----- Dear Kerry, Please read the final piece in this blog written by a well-respected writer which describes the officiating in the game between the Flyers and Oilers. I am not sure if you watched this game or not but if you did, as a former quality official, I am pretty certain you would agree with Mr. Williss comments. Would you please be able to comment in your column about the refs mindsets when officiating a game so poorly? Thanks,Al B. J. & Al B.: The Edmonton Journal blog posted by Jonathan Willis can be found under the “Opinion” section of the Journal .......................................... bar. I happen to like Jonathan Willis and he is certainly entitled to his opinion. While harsh, it might even be a little out of character given Jonathans self proclamation that “Im not a guy who complains about the officiating but it was bush league-level at Rexall on Thursday night.” I watched the entire replay of the game expecting to see “refereeing so bad in this game that it broke the scale” along with “an ECHL-level performance, and reflected very poorly on both men.” While I identified a few things that could have been addressed differently by the referees, in addition to one error on an icing by the linesman, I would qualify Jonathan Willis comments as grossly over reactive and unfair. This is what I found through the breakdown of the game; just my “opinion” of course. -------------------------------------------------------------------- First Period (Time and Incident) 4:37 - Shawn Horcoff sent off with the first penalty of the game by Referee Steve Kozari for hooking the hands of Flyers Wayne Simmonds. (While no change of possession or alterations to Simmonds stride and puck control resulted, none the less it was a hook to the hands in the “New NHL” hooking standard. This was the type of penalty that Brooks Orpik complained was not being called a couple of weeks ago. On this night it was.) 7:45 - Non call; No penalty deserved on Ryan Whitney of the Oilers as he extended his arms and stick in a cross-check posture and pushed/shoved Maxim Talbot from behind. Talbot stumbled and fell into the end boards behind the Edmonton goal. This is not a penalty for cross-checking but deemed to be a push. *The reason I bring this up is because the Oilers broadcast team and Jonathan Willis in his article cited three occasions where they felt Ales Hemsky had been cross-checked. Similarly to the Whitney push (with hands and stick extended) the contact to Hemsky is not deemed to be a cross-check under the current standard. 8:23 - Fighting; Darcy Hordichuk initiated a fight with Flyers tough guy Jody Shelley immediately after a faceoff. Hordichuk was appropriately assessed a minor penalty for roughing in addition to the fighting majors each player received. 20:00 - Scrum; As the horn sounded to end the period Shelley bumped Corey Potter through the open zamboni door and the two players exchanged gloves to the face. The linesmen were quick to intervene and the referees did not overreact. No penalties resulted. Period Overview: The proper NHL standard of officiating was adhered in the two penalties that were assessed to the Oilers. Several good judgments on non-calls were made both ways. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Second Period 2:15 - Holding; Pavel Kubina grabbed and took down Jordan Eberley with an obvious holding infraction for the Flyers first penalty. Taylor Hall scored his 22nd goal on the resulting power play. 8:04 - Oiler goal; Jordan Eberle grabbed the puck on a Flyer turnover just inside the blue line and snapped the puck past Illya Bryzgalov for 2-0 Oiler lead. 15:59 - Missed Icing—Linesman error; Taylor Hall clearly touched the puck ahead of Braydon Coburn on a footrace for the puck and icing should have been negated. Linesman was on the opposite side of the net and failed to get unobstructed view prior to the touch. 17:30 - Potter hit on Hartnell; A clean, hard ....... check was delivered by Corey Potter on an unsuspecting Scott Hartnell. While play continued the Flyer players in the vicinity buzzed Potter near the players bench. Some pushing resulted but there were no punches exchanged that would force the referee to stop play. The best course of action here is to allow play to continue as Potter wisely skated away and got back in the play. What non referees (and biased fans/reporters) would fail to understand is that had the whistle been blown a scrum, confrontation and fight would immediately have resulted. The referees best friend in this case is a moving puck and they chose the right course of action! 18:00 - Missed slashing infraction; Magnus Paajarvi had his stick shaft broken with a short, hard chop by Nicklas Grossman as the two pursued a loose puck in the Flyers corner. Referee Kowal was on the opposite side of the ice and did not react to the play; probably as a result of the shortness of the chop. I concur with Jonathan Willis at least on this play. The broken stick slash was a penalty that should have (and needed to be) called. In hindsight, which is always 20-20, I am sure that referee Kowal would also agree. 18:24 - Kneeing minor to Hartnell; Scott Hartnell, still .... over the ....... check from Potter, was heading off the ice for a line change when he lined Paajarvi up for a hit just in front of the Flyers bench. Hartnells intent was to go high with his hands up as Magnus Paajarvi made a gliding cut/slight turn that exposed his right leg and knee to the on-coming Hartnell. The leg to knee contact from Hartnell appeared to be as a result of the Paajarvi turn more so than any target or extension of the leg by Hartnell. Unfortunately an injury resulted to Paajarvi. Unless there is a different angle that demonstrates Hartnell sticking his leg out the minor penalty was the right call. (Of course, had the slashing penalty been called to Grossman all this would be a moot point.) 19:39 - Goal ........ scrum; Sam Gagne continued to dig at the pad of Illya Bryzgalov after the puck was covered in pileup of players in the goal crease. This caused Maxime Talbot to jump over his goalie and onto Gagne. No penalties resulted nor should they have. (If Talbot was to receive a roughing penalty Gagne would join him for digging at the goalie first.) Second Period Overview: Two power plays awarded to the Oilers; one resulting in an Oiler goal. There was a missed icing call on the touch by Taylor Hall that resulted in no adverse consequence to the Oil. The missed stick slash by Grossman should have been penalized which allowed play to continue and resulted in the kneeing situation by Hartnell as described. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Third Period: -I already addressed the comments on the Oiler broadcast relative to perceived crosschecks on Ales Hemsky. To reiterate, these were “pushes” and not deemed penalties similarly to Ryan Whitneys shove in the first period on Talbot. *The referees get a little too relaxed and generous with the penalty standard from 5 minutes into the period with some non-calls that I deem to be penalties (two against the Flyers and one against the Oilers.) 5:26 - Highstick Non-call—Missed infraction; James Van Riemsdyk accidentally catches Oiler goalie Devan Dubnyk on the bottom of the facemask as JVR passed behind and through the crease. 6:20 - Holding/Interference Non-call—Missed infraction; Nicklas Grossman arm wraps and takes down Taylor Hall along the side wall after the Oiler chipped the puck by him. This illegal form of containment should constitute holding or interference infraction. 15:28 - Good Non-call on Matt Carle versus Ryan Smythe; this one had the fans make noise and although Jonathan suggested it was a ‘mugging I deem it not to be a penalty. Carle pinched Smythe against the boards on a legal play. The players continued to bump along the boards from the contact and got tied up with each other and the linesman at the backend. Carle pushed off Smythe to the chest area and the Oiler warrior fell down. Hardly a mugging; not even a roughing! 16:03 - Trip Non-call—Missed infraction; Tom Gilbert reached around and stuck his stick in the skates of James Van Riemsdyk tipping the Flyer then falling on him at the side of the Oiler net. 16:27 - Slashing infraction; Taylor Hall took a strong, extended arm swing slash from behind and to the elbow of Wayne Simmonds that was assessed by referee Kozari. This was not a “comparatively chintzy slashing call” in any stretch of the imagination as reported! 17:06 - Penalty shot awarded to Shawn Horcoff; the correct assessment was made to award a penalty shot to Horcoff of the Oilers when he was fouled from behind on a breakaway by Kimmo Timonen. Third Period Overview: There were two missed calls on infractions committed by the Flyers and one committed by the Oilers. A good non-call resulted on the Carle-Smythe tie up along the boards and the slashing penalty to Hall and the penalty shot were well deserved and correctly assessed. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Game Overview: While I identified a couple of infractions that should have been called I hardly believe that the officiating performance turned the game into a comedy or blood lust and one I would never describe as ECHL-level (nothing against the work you guys do at that level.) I would categorize the officiating on this night as being unbiased but as in any game, on any night, imperfect. I agree that the Oilers played a terrific game and certainly deserved the win. There were some mistakes made however just like well-respected writer Jonathan Willis exposed in his Edmonton Journal article. 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