Referee Discretion

Official’s non-call suspiciously blatant

Rangers 4 – Canucks 3 Vancouver is having difficulties winning at home compared to their outstanding road record of 6-1-0, so as discussed in length about favoritism in officiating a look at last night’s example highlights this opinion.

Perhaps the Referee did not see this

During last night’s contest Referee Furman South had vision problems watching a Ranger’s breakaway develop as the Canuck’s player obviously hooks the New York forward.

whoops…I suppose the Referee did see the hook

At https://scoutingtherefs.com/2022-23-nhl-referee-stats/ you can research for yourself that Referee South calls penalties against the home team at a 47% rate with 53.8% rate of power plays for the home team.

Just in case you thought it was a favored angle of the hook

This is what the NHL wants their officials to do, (historical perspective) to ensure the home crowd will still purchase tickets to attend the game before technology made attendance a moot point. (highlighted by the covid drama).

Realistically NHL teams do not depend on ticket and concession sales for financial stability as they once did, a plethora of streaming services paying the NHL so that anyone anywhere can watch an NHL game is the big money now.

There is nothing quite as enjoyable as attending an NHL game although the league has priced itself out of the reach of regular working people with a family.

“boys will be boys”

Observing any arena’s ticket price list for a family of five that is not in SRO or the nosebleed section, and then factor in some popcorn, a beer (over 10$ for one can) or soda and you are looking at hundreds of dollars (even if you opt for the cheapest seats) that most lower income fans balk at.

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Author: Buffalo Winter

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6 thoughts on “Referee Discretion”

  1. When a game seems to have questionable officiating favouring one team over another, I’m reminded of the time when Referee Tim Peel was busted on hot mic.

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    1. Ahh yes Ref Peel, was caught talking about officiating, and it exposed the mindset the NHL instilled in its officials for decades.

      One only has to read The Hockey News from1988 to realize the NHL has its officials calling the games in favor of the home team more times than not, in the beginning it was to ensure fans would populate their home arena.

      This particular official wanted to give Nashville a penalty early, how does this different from an official who puts his whistle away in the third period of a tied game especially in the playoffs? The difference is Ref Peel was caught on a live mic, if he would have been in the habit of keeping his thoughts to himself, he would still be officiating in the NHL.

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      1. Yuppers.

        That was in 2021.

        Even more recent, reported in 2023, he’s been in trouble in a public way. Interesting read:

        https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/tim-peel-nhl-former-referee-official-causing-stir-social-media-who-is-he-explainer-191521200.html

        I’ve interacted with Tim Peel on Twitter and he can be quite nasty, especially sarcastic, if you do not agree with him.

        He seems to have such a big ego or maybe it’s just a defense mechanism on his part, who knows -not my circus not my monkey, lol.

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      2. Opinionated and nasty is a choice of communicating with others I endeavor to avoid; I mean we all have our opinions but there always has to be nasty people who just cannot interact politely with others.

        I would have to make the supposition that vanity does play its role, and I also believe officials do have that defensive mechanism because of all the abuse they have to endure within their chosen profession.

        Coaches, players, fans, and the media are relentlessly second-guessing every missed or bad call, the pressure to perform well or at least adequately must be so overwhelming to some that it creates the appearance of a negative personality.

        Personally, I have a younger sister that has always used the line, “not my circus, not my monkeys”, I imagine you would have to be selective in where you would use this line considering all the victims in our countries, lol.

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      3. Thank you for the link P_g

        I had to laugh as the author refers to hockey writers as, “prominent hockey media figures”, I wonder rhetorically who has a bigger ego, the tarnished referee or the vain author?

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