Category: Podcast

With the NHL releasing Return to Play info, Todd and Josh look at the impact on officials, schedules, travel, and camp, along with more overtime and Rob Shick’s ‘stache!

This week: the recruitment of former players to transition to officiating, along with Covid cancelling camps, a new 3-on-3 summer league, and potential new safety gear for NHL referees and linesmen.

Todd and Josh revisit the Canada Cup and how hockey and officiating have changed. Also, returning to hockey, containing Coronavirus on the ice, and a proposed new approach to assigning playoff officials.

What it takes to be an official, the path to the NHL, what officiating may look like during Coronavirus, and Don Koharski’s favorite donut – thanks to an interview with MIHOA.

What changes may be in store for NHL broadcasts from an officiating perspective? Also: NHL refs’ support during the pause, more Wes McCauley on Hat Trick Trivia, and a look at USA Hockey officials at home.

This week, we dig in to some classic games and look at what’s changed over the years. Also: Icing with the goalie pulled, umpire announcements, McCauley’s game show duties, and on-ice dynamics

Playoff selections – how officials make the post-season – plus ref jerseys, the NHL pause’s impact on summer camps, ‘Quarantine Crew’ picks, and the on-ice relationship between players and officials.

This week, we hit on post-game media availability of NHL officials – or lack thereof – along with refs getting in on the award voting, their role in rule changes, and some of the best submitted on-ice official chirps!

Rule changes are on deck in this week’s podcast — some straightforward and some a little more revolutionary, including one right out of the NBA rulebook.

The NHL season has officially been paused. Todd and Josh discuss the impacts to officials, including the four NHL guys set to hang up their skates at the end of the season, along with an icing question

When is a high stick not a high stick? Todd and Josh tackle that, along with plenty of goaltender interference, why goalies aren’t ‘fair game’, and a little interference from the crossbar.