New rule on hitting from behind, perhaps new to the CCHA. I recall when
broadcasting ECAC hockey that hitting from behind was a frequent penalty,
though of course nowhere near as frequent as its actual occurence.
 
I concurr that one referee to police 12 players (well 10 if you exclude the
goalies) is a tough task. I can only remeber one or two occasions where
linemen called penalties (and I believe they were bench penalties like too
many men or interference). Of course this would detract from their line
calling duties perhaps, still though I have seen referees miss so many calls,
and some real blatant ones and cheap shots just cause they were keeping up
with the play and not watching the extra-curriculars that sometimes occur, or
because they didn't have the view the fans or us broadcasters had on the play.
 
- Jay H