I love playoff hockey. These guys beat the hell outta each other and accept their penalties. It seems NHL refs catch the least amount of crap from players and coaches in all sports.
NHL refs
- Thread starter JohnnySolo
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I feel like there are fewer calls to be made in the NHL overall, and definitely fewer ticky-tack fouls.
It’s the little contact fouls that get refs in other sports in trouble - mostly because one of those fouls could literally be called on every play of the game (holding, pass interference, reaching in, charge/block, etc.). But the refs in football and basketball can’t call every one or they’d ruin the game. So they call them subjectively if they hit a certain level of severity - which makes every call a gray area. The refs are set up to fail in other sports.
It’s the little contact fouls that get refs in other sports in trouble - mostly because one of those fouls could literally be called on every play of the game (holding, pass interference, reaching in, charge/block, etc.). But the refs in football and basketball can’t call every one or they’d ruin the game. So they call them subjectively if they hit a certain level of severity - which makes every call a gray area. The refs are set up to fail in other sports.
