In talking to several people it seems to be a consenus among them that this
has been yet the worst year of officiating.
 
Who the hek made the decision to send Don Adam, a referee that many many
have complained about this year, to officate a game like these.  I wonder
how long it'll be until someone is injured seriouly or for life in a game
Don Adam referee's.   Just the week before Charlie Shub stated "It became
clear that it would take almost a lynching for Don Adam to call a penalty
after the middle of the 3rd period."  At several games he's reffed I've
wonder what it was going to take to get a penalty from the 2nd period on.
 
Maybe next year we can have an "unofficial" voting on how the refs did at
each game.
 
Brett
 
PS - This item was forwarded to the list by request of the author.
 
>Posted-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 00:46:02 -0600 (CST)
>Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:50:48 -0600
>From: Eeyore <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: Who has time to be organized?
>To: "Brett C. Harvey" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: UM-5/SCSU-4 (ot) and a few comments
>
>
>This was a case where the referee (Don Adam) was grossly derelict in his
>duties.  Rasmussen took a blatant cheap shot that dropped Leitza, but
>Adam couldn't call a thing; he'd just let Rass be on the receiving end
>of a five-minute checking from behind without blowing the whistle.
>These, plus at least one earlier instance of not enforcing the checking
>from behind rule leave me unable to call Adam (along with many of his
>fellow WCHA refs) anything less than a coward.  Yes, these kinds of
>calls can change the outcome of a game.  Gross illegalities of this
>nature should be punished, and costing teams games is what punishment
>means.  The alternative is to make it clear to players like Erik
>Rasmussen that you are not going to call a penalty under any
>circumstances.  Unsurprisingly, you end up with Leitza injured.  I don't
>condone what Rass did, but if you're going to let him be on the
>receiving end of cheap shots, you've got to expect him to take a few
>back.
>
>My other beef with Don Adam is that in his copy of the rulebook, it
>seems that putting your stick in the other guy's skates to bring him
>down is a legitimate tactic for winning a race to a loose puck.
 
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