One Cup, No Calls

Scouting The Refs Podcast

On this week's #RefsPodcast:

Looking at the calls - and non-calls - from Games 5 and 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers

• What happened to all the penalties?
• Is Panthers’ Brad Marchand getting the jump on faceoffs?
• Are the refs ‘letting ‘em play’ or missing calls?
• Florida's Reinhart scores off his skate - legally - in Game 6.
• When was the last time we had no power plays in a Stanley Cup Final?
• Oilers’ Evander Kane picks up a misconduct then skips the handshake line

Rulebook drama in the AHL’s Calder Cup Final between the Charlotte Checkers and the Abbotsford Canucks

• Game 1 saw an overtime game-winning goal called back after the goaltender wasn’t ready for the drop. Whose fault is that? Digging into rules 76 and 83.
• In Game 2, we had a goal disallowed for goaltender interference, only to have the goal count after review… but the scoring team assessed a minor penalty for goaltender interference. There’s only one way that makes sense… and, frankly, we’re not so sure it makes sense here.

...and what will the NHL refs be doing this summer?

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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.