Gentlemen, I was at the regional games in Manchester and I thought the
officiating was bad.  I am offering my opinion as a long-time fan of
hockey, and as a hater of squeakball, and at one point during the
weekend I observed to my ever-patient spouse "if the officiating
continues like this, we may as well be watching basketball."  There were
blatant calls missed and insignificant stuff whistled.  We opined at the
time that it seemed the officials weren't familiar with the style of
play in the east.  I have no scientific data to back it up, but it
seemed to us that whenever a non-HE official does a game with HE team(s)
involved, there are a ton of stoppages.  

Posting on Hockey-L without adding a ream of documentation?  Not a
capital offense. 

Cathy Spreeman
UNH '72 (same class as Umile, 'nuf said)

 
 

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eric J. Burton
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:00 PM
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Subject: Re: officiating

Whatever since I read all over USCHO.COM and INCH the Officating was
less
than stellar in the Manchester Regional.
From INCH:
The officiating in the first period - and during stages later in the
game -
was wildly inconsistent. Referee Derek Shepherd missed a couple of
blatant
calls and wound up whistling some makeup calls afterward. Shepherd is a
highly-regarded official in the college hockey world. He called last
week's
WCHA Final Five championship and also reffed last year's Maine-Michigan
State regional championship matchup. He also called the 2004 Frozen Four
game between Maine and Boston College, when he apparently missed another
call -

So there you have it.
Eric J. Burton
(701)-610-9466
http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/


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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Wayne T Smith
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:27 AM
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Subject: Re: officiating


Why should we believe or even read that here?  If we're going to smear
someone's reputation, can't we do it in more specific terms and if not
with 1st hand information, a reference that can help us evaluate the
opinion, please?

See you in St. Louis
wayne

Eric J. Burton wrote, in part,  on 3/30/2007 11:01 AM:
> at manchester, we had 2 wcha crews, derek shepherd and todd anderson
> 		with derek getting 2 games
>
> I have heard that Derrick Sheppard and Todd Anderson did a horrible
job at
> the
> regional they were reffing at.
>