Season 8, Episode 3
October 2, 2026
On this week’s #RefsPodcast:
- The 2026-27 NHL Season gets underway with some pre-puck-drop thoughts from refs Chris Rooney and Wes McCauley
- The Canucks’ Rossi sees his shot go from goal to no goal and back to goal again – once the NHL’s Situation Room got involved.
- Liney Ryan Daisy ends up in the Bolts’ bench
- Ref Graham Skilliter takes Mitch Marner out of the play
- Finishing up some preseason leftovers with fines to the Kraken’s Ottavainen and Canadiens’ Matheson
- Bruins’ Zadorov delivers an elbow… or does he?
- Karlsson vs. Ekholm – the wrong man was convicted
- Sharks’ Trouba and Nurse go after some Tkachuks
- Sabres’ Metsa takes offense to CBJ’s Olivier putting the puck in the net; Olivier takes offense to Metsa’s objection
- We’ve got a goalie goal!
- and did Jack Hughes just take himself out of Lady Byng contention?
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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.
