Season 7, Episode 39
May 29, 2026

 
We’ve got a jam-packed week of Stanley Cup action to run down on this week’s Refs Podcast:

  • Canadiens’ Dobson delivers a high-stick from his knees
  • A clear spear from Montreal’s Texier on Canes’ Miller gets called a slash. What?
  • Carolina’s Hall hits Hutson
  • Dorofeyev’s Golden Knights goal gets disallowed for being batted in with a glove… or was it deflected by a high stick above the crossbar? Or both?
  • Canadiens’ Caufield goes offside… but the faceoff goes way back
  • Was that a missed call for Too Many Men against Montreal in overtime?
  • Vegas’ Hertl takes out the Canes’ Necas on what should’ve been a penalty
  • At the Memorial Cup, Chicoutimi Sagueneens’ Jordan Tourigny gets ejected – and suspended – for stomping the skate of Kitchener’s Christian Humphreys.

 

 

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The Scouting The Refs Podcast is a weekly look at the world of officiating and player safety within the National Hockey League, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world. We’ll break down the calls and the rules behind them to help understand why a penalty or suspension was – or wasn’t – handed out. 

Todd Lewis is a veteran broadcaster covering the NHL and other major league sports. Lewis is a former host on the NHL Network and on NHL Network Radio. He’s also worked for TSN, Sportsnet as a host/anchor and is a producer of other programs. 

Josh Smith is the managing editor of Scouting the Refs, the leading independent site related to hockey officiating which follows hockey officials across the NHL, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world, including news, rule changes and interpretations, suspensions, and statistics on officials and penalty calls.