She has been refereeing for a while. She used to ref the Cardiac mens league
games when i first started playing in the league in 1994. She was
inconsistant and didnt let us play either. Watching the game i could see she
hasnt changed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deron Treadwell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: Livingston


> Since Dave brought it up... rant on  :-)
>
> I nearly threw up when I saw that she was the referee for this game.  She
> struggles officiating ECAC contests, I could not believe that she was
> wearing the stripes for one of the (potentially) largest game in women's
> hockey history.
>
> One of the problems in women's hockey is that they really want to push
> female referees and get them into the "big time" if you will.  But I think
> they are trying to push *some* of them too much.  Without knowing much of
> Stacey's background I can't comment on that, but so far as I know she has
> not been an official for more than 2-3 years (please correct me if I am
> wrong).  I can't believe there wasn't a more qualified official for that
> game.
>
> That said, she did impact the game and the commentators were correct to be
> critical of her performance.  She ruined the flow of the game for the US
and
> could have cost Canada the game with all the penalties she called.  While
I
> thought she was brutal and I wish I could use it as an excuse as to why
> Canada won.. I can't.  Canada played with more heart IMHO than the US did,
> which is disappointing.
>
> Women's hockey is not easy to officiate.  The no-checking rule creates a
> fine line that each referee has to determine.  While there is no checking,
> there is physical contact allowed.  How much of that physical contact the
> referee lets go is the point of interpretation.  Stacey has never been one
> to "let the teams play".  It was too bad because I bet each of those
players
> would have appreciated a more conservative referee.
>
> -Deron
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:23 PM
> Subject: Re: maine in the olympics
>
>
> > One other UMaine hockey connection with the Olympics was Stacy
Livingston,
> who coached the UM women's hockey team when it was a club team.  She
> refereed the women's hockey final between the USA and Canada.
> Unfortunately, she did a horrible job, calling eight penalties in a row
> against Canada, most of which were questionable and which resulted in two
> 5x3s.  Then she continued to call penalties, but in a couple of instances
> made calls against the USA although the infraction, if it was worthy of a
> penalty, was committed by Canada.  (In one such case, the US player was
> called for charging even though she was skating into the offensive zone
with
> the puck!)  The announcers made several comments about her calls, but they
> identified her as being from "Northern New York."  Both of the U.S. goals
> were power play goals, and I'm sure there would have been loud complaints
> about the officiating if the U.S. had squeaked out a win.  But it's at
least
> arguable that the officiating hurt the !
> > U.!
> > S. team also by preventing any flow from developing throughout the
> contest.