Referees and linesman in the AHL and UHL (now the IHL) have a difficult job no argument there. Ideally they have the skating skills of a player,full knowledge and understanding of the game and it's rules. Lastly they must posses poise and the confidence to believe in their own judgement of on ice observations. Not an easy position for somebody officially on the learning curve of the job in a "development" league hoping for the call up to the NHL.Just like the players and coaches on the ice with them. All this aside it is the shortsighted policy that calls for one ref and two linesmen in the AHL and UHL(IHL)as opposed to the NHL's two refs that often results in poor referring of games. Refs are only human(some more "human" than others) they can't be everywhere and the lack of the second set of eyes results in over dependence on linesmen and missed or just plain bogus calls. Plainly, more more zebras need to be added to the herd.
This blog is the first in a long series of photos of what the ref missed. Every image has a foul that the ref or linesman did not acknowledge in any way. If possible I will comment on the specifics of the event as I or my partner Patrick Kissane, http://ciachort.blogspot.com observed them.
Three blind mice see how they skate....
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