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Scouting The Refs Podcast #RefsPodcast

Scouting the Refs

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Scouting The Refs follows hockey officials across the NHL, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world, including news, rule changes and interpretations, suspensions, and statistics on officials and penalty calls. Todd Lewis is a veteran broadcaster covering the NHL and other major league sports; a former host on the NHL Network and on NHL Network Radio, he’s also worked for TSN and Sportsnet as a host/anchor. Josh Smith is the founder of Scouting the Refs, the leading independent resource related to hockey officiating. #RefsPodcast

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Heads Up, Hands Off, Shot Down

Scouting The Refs Podcast #RefsPodcast

23 minutes 6 seconds

7 months ago

Heads Up, Hands Off, Shot Down

On this week's #RefsPodcast:

Sad to hear of the passing of longtime NHL linesman Will Norris and AHL linesman Paul Simeon
Sabres’ Kulich misses the net, hits referee Peter MacDougall
Liam Maaskant makes his NHL debut on the last day of the regular season
KHL junior player suspended 7 games for elbowing a ref in the head
Two game ban for Devils’ Paul Cotter
No supplemental discipline to Yakov Trenin for his ice-level punch on Derek Forbort
Oilers’ Darnell Nurse suspended 1 game by Player Safety for cross-checking LA Kings’ Quinton Byfield
Florida Panthers’ Jesse Puljujarvi banned for 2 games for a headshot on Tampa Bay Lightning’s Mitchell Chaffee
Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Dmitri Voronkov returns to the ice after his penalty is lost in translation
Possibly the strangest - and potentially rule-breaking - shootout at Chicago Blackhawks vs. Montreal Canadiens.
Winnipeg Jets winger Nik Ehlers is injured in a collision with linesman James Tobias
Carolina’s Tyson Jost has a penalty called for an illegal faceoff, only to have it rescinded after the refs get some ‘feedback’ from coach Rod Brind’Amour

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The Scouting The Refs Podcast is a weekly look at the world of officiating and player safety within the National Hockey League, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world. We'll break down the calls and the rules behind them to help understand why a penalty or suspension was - or wasn't - handed out.