Ed Sczerba wrote:
>
> Views on HE officiating (always) vary with the winning / losing fans,
> depending on whom you speak to. The players themselves in the game know who
> came to play, or if they didn't come to play that night. Of the leagues best
> official (HE) any one Referee does not influence the outcome of any one game,
> but can set the rhythm and the number of water bottles the end up on the
> ice............( right J.P. ? )
 
>     Ed, I disagree that the officials cant change the outcome of a game.  If they allow one team to play beyond the rules and not the other it shifts the advantage(often time man advantage) to one team.  The key to good officiating is consistency and equity.  Make sure a penalty for one team is a penalty for the other.
 
John Duffill
An Original Friend Of Maine Hockey