As a Sioux and as a fan of the WCHA in general I have watched refs  
over looking calls and letting the obstruction go almost to a point of  
being silly. So no I am not going to give the ref kudos because they  
did not do a good job in the regular season. Of course this is all in  
the name of parity and keeping the WCHA teams all jamed together up  
and till the end of the season.

Funny thing is that even the rest of college hockey thinks our refs  
are a joke. Check out this post from inch.  
http://insidecollegehockey.com/9NCAA/2008/northeast1_0628.htm
---- INCH?s criticism of referee Derek Shepherd during the NCAA  
tournament is turning into an annual affair, as you can see in last  
year?s Northeast Regional Final notebook. Shepherd made the right call  
on the too-many-men penalty, but he should have swallowed the whistle  
instead of sending Falcon Derrick Burnett into the box for a really  
ticky-tack slashing penalty 1:49 into overtime. Later in the extra  
session, there were two infractions far worse on Miami?s end that  
Shepherd chose to ignore.

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Quoting Scott Kaplan <[log in to unmask]>:

> While you've pointed out some big-time mistakes, here's a question for you.
> How many calls did each of those refs get correct during the season?
>
> Yes, we all notice the bad ones, especially the blatantly bad ones, but
> honestly, these refs get a lot more right than they do wrong. Otherwise,
> they wouldn't be at this level.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eric Burton
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:24 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: NCAA rules committee
>
> What kind of a question is that? I don't think Nathan said anything
> that is so controversial, the officals in the WCHA suck point blank,
> half of them don't deserve the opportunity to screw up games in this
> league. The WCHA is a world class league with HORRIBLE officials. If
> you think I am wrong go back and look at their hit parade on YouTube
> this past year. The worst ones are Randy Schmidt (two huge screw ups
> that cost the Badgers home ice), Don Adam (just down right horrible,
> makes Sh*t up as he goes, Todd Anderson (was reprimanded for grabbing
> a player from Duluth) Greg Shepherd managed to screw to affect the
> NCAA championship game with his blown call. Need we continue?
>
> Quoting Bob Woodbury <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> With your hatred of officials, I'm surprised you watch college hockey
>> at all. Just curious - are there any bad players?
>>
>> On Jun 8, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Hampton, Nathan E. wrote:
>>
>>> (some old, some fat, some just dumb, and others blind) - Despite
>>> the fact that most referees are not popular, nor should they be,
>