It’s a wicked smaht Bruins-heavy episode of the Scouting the Refs podcast, with a high-stick swing and a miss, a whistled hand pass that wiped out a game-winner, and an offside line change that cost the Bruins a goal
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The Battle of Alberta gave us a line brawl and a goalie fight – and some extra work for the officials. Also on deck, Ref Night at the Islanders game, fights and instigators at Bruins/Jets, late hits, and another offside that wasn’t.
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This week: NHL All-Star officials, women officiating in the NHL, pre-game prep, the legality of lacrosse-style goals — and video review and challenges.
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In this week’s Scouting the Refs podcast, Todd and Josh discuss NHL players’ pick for the league’s best ref, putting officials in the broadcast booth, and delayed penalties on Coach’s Challenges.
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This week: Kassian vs. Tkachuk – initial penalties, suspensions, and explanations, Marchand’s puck-less penalty shot attempt, another illegal stick flip from Auston Matthews, league explanations, linesmen jumping in, Wes McCauley’s whistle, and more.
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$20,000 for checking the time?! This week it’s Torts vs. the troublesome timekeeper, Corey Perry’s Winter Classic ejection, reviewing majors, and a quick trip to the World Juniors.
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The latest Scouting the Refs Podcast checks in on injured referees and linesmen, avoiding players and pucks — or not, as the case was this week — offside challenges, broken sticks, and more.
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This week, we look at a Coach’s Challenge ruled by the league to be an incorrect review, knocked-off nets, injured goaltenders, social media, and more
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It’s a Player-Safety-filled episode of the Scouting the Refs podcast, with Kerfoot, Bortuzzo, and Cernak leading the way, along with discussions on minimum suspensions, officiating via replay, and tightening up faceoff interference
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Bodily fluids are heavily featured on this week’s Scouting the Refs podcast, with a match penalty for spitting on an opponent, stopping the play – or not – for a injury that drew blood, and, like the Rocky Horror Picture Show taught us, it’s the pelvic thrust that really drives Devils fans insane… especially when it results in no goal.
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This week’s Scouting the Refs podcast takes a look at a busy week for the NHL’s replay guys, including failed challenges, major penalty reviews, broken-stick goals, and one team’s line change that left them shorthanded…
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This week’s Scouting the Refs Podcast digs in on Coach’s Challenge stats, getting tossed from draws, Patrick Kane’s ‘unsportsmanlike’ outburst, and a puck that went off the scoreboard and out of play… two minutes for delay of game.
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