Season 8, Episode 5
October 16, 2026

    • Daisy down! Liney injured in Montreal
    • Ref interference as St-Laurent collides with Canucks’ Petterson
    • Leafs’ Ekman-Larsson plastered into the boards, but no puck… and no call on Vegas
    • Jackets’ Olivier goes spearfishing down below, catches a major, game, and a fine
    • Isles’ Horvat gets throttled on an empty-netter, resulting in a two-game ban for Blackhawks’ Nazar
    • Mammoth’s Vejmelka chucks a stick and gets 10
    • Devils’ Rodrigues gets a penalty downgraded from spearing – wrong call – and still gets a fine
    • Kings’ Edmundson leaves the bench to join an altercation, even though 70.10 says you can’t do that
    • Canadiens get three goals wiped out vs. Red Wings
    • No instigator for Devils’ Kovacevic for starting a fight (after a clean hit) with Rangers’ Cuylle
    • Goaltender interference, but backwards as Blues’ Hofer takes out Wild’s Kaprizov
    • …and court is in session! Checking out the latest suggestions from The Athletic’s Rules Court

 

 

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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.