Season 8, Episode 4
October 8, 2026

    • How was that icing, when the puck went in the net? A baffling call in the AHL
    • Down goes a KHL official!
    • Blues’ Carlo goes knee-on-knee with Stars’ Hintz
    • Red Wings’ Kolesar gets away with instigating
    • Hawks’ Dach hits Kraken’s Dunn from behind – no call
    • Sens’ Stutzle hits Wings’ Finnie from behind – no call
    • Kraken’s Meyers hits Golden Knights’ Olofsson from behind – finally, a call! Major and a game, but nothing from NHL Player Safety
    • Bruins’ Minten penalized after case of mistaken identity
    • Bolts’ Hagel goes head-hunting on Flyers’ Martone
    • Seattle’s McCann shoves a liney from the bench, though he may have had a good reason to do so
    • Sens’ Grieg, back from suspension, goes for a reverse hit
    • Habs’ Dobes loses his glove… and plays on, barehanded!

 

 

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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.