I'm not on special teams therefore I get exactly 3 minutes of PT. Thanks refs!

[hockeyguy96]

There is a reason they call it "special teams" because it's supposed to SPECIAL! 28 minutes of a 36 minute game played in the playoffs should not be played on a power play or penalty kill. Most of the games played so far in the playoffs have been at least 50% if not more on pp or pk...I'm just throwing this out there if anyone wants to share some of their own thoughts. Thus, I'm not on special teams therefore I get exactly 3 minutes of Playing time. It's ruining this memorable experience for me...thanks.

[csdahlberg]

From what I saw, the officiating was very questionable at times. Reasonable body contact was often being called for penalties, but that's just a small part of it, at least from my team's experience this year.

When the owner (I believe?) of the rink has to pull the ref off to the side and tell him to call a fair game, you know it's bad. He never did start calling a fair game, though.

The outcome of our last two games were affected by the officiating. I obviously can't say for sure we would've won those games, but it sure as hell would have given us a better (and fair) chance. Having obvious goals ignored/disallowed really hurts.

[GR8SK8r06]

Look if you ask me if a teams spends so much time in the box they need to change the way they are playing. Sure some of the calls may be questionable! Yet in my opinion if a team cant stay out of the box then that is their own fault. Some of those kids out there dont know how to play the body or use their sticks effectively. Some of these teams are just hacks, so if that is the case the refs need to call it close to keep the games under control. Im not backing the refs at all! The only thing I am saying is that some players in the tournament are FAR better than others so the "not so good" players have to resort to hooking and other methods of stopping the great players. Cant punish teams like Lindenwood for their team being just that much better than the others. If the refs allow the other teams to hook and hold so they can keep up with those guys then they are favoring the other teams. Where are the coaches in these games to tell their players to stay out of the box? Its part of the game gentlemen and everyone has to play with the same refs. Dont be pissed at the refs....... be pissed at the morons sitting in the box all game.

[oldschool22]

First of all, quit whining. Second, which game are you talking about? Third, keep your thugs off the floor if they can't stay out of the box. Fourth, for the love of god, quit whining.

[BLIZARD_HOCKEY]

First of all, quit whining. Second, which game are you talking about? Third, keep your thugs off the floor if they can't stay out of the box. Fourth, for the love of god, quit whining.

Are you there or have you been listening? It is crazy. Look at almost any boxscore, theres at least 6 penaltys a game, thats 1/3 of the game. Some games have about 14 penalties and thats over 2/3 of the game.

[hockeyguy96]

Yo, Whinny Mcwhinestein...check out the box score for these playoff games on Friday...They average around 10-12 penalties/game...Thats absuuuuuuuurd!


Florida-Michigan: 14
Rutgers-Florida International University: 13
Mizzu-Long Beach State: 12
Ohio State-Colorado State: 9
Rhode Island-Eastern Michigan: 13
UCI-Stony Brook: 13
Towson-UCF: 14

I know it a little pathetic that I counted the number of penalties and I apologize, it's a little obnoxious.

[MFitz24]

Yeah the refs have to call close games to keep things and hand and fair but when refs are hanging out with one team during period breaks and then shakig hands with a team after the game I think there's an issue.

[osu_buckeyes]

The reffing has been kinda crazy. I understand that they are trying to keep the games in check and not let anything get out of hand but then again this is hockey. It's like the refs have springs under their arms or something.

[hockeyguy96]

The referee are like currupt cops they have a quota of penalties they must meet each game...

[Flyinhighh]

this is the worst nationals of all time.

[Mtour71]

That is the game of Roller Hockey these days. If you have been to ANY National events (USA Hockey Sanctioned) in the recent year you would see that the game has changed. TORHS is even in the same boat as well. Lindenwood gets royalty treatment? I followed the box scores for the Championship game against UMSL and they didn't get any special treatment? They are truly the top D1 in the country once again. They prove it year in and year out. Scholarships? There is no scholarships involved. Maybe Grant Money?

Congrats to to UMSL and LU...Two class act organizations.

[RichardGraham]

Hi Flyinhighh,

On what facts are you basing that assessment? I thought the tournament was excellent. Sure, the referees were calling things tight, but that's the standard that the NCRHA is trying to achieve, and I'd rather have too many penalties than games that get completely out of control.

I saw some of the best inline hockey I've ever seen at this event, the NCRHA staff was professional, friendly and helpful, and the employees at the Colorado Sports Center and the Tour Inline Hockey Arena were top-notch, from top to bottom.

I'm not sure what tournament you were watching.

[CSteamer]

Why are they trying to acheive a standard of calling a lot of penalties? This is Hockey...your supposed to be allowed to hit people, knock them off the puck etc. Otherwise the score will be 12-11 every game. When there were games with 15 penalties called, all minors, I think thats a little excessive. It means that 30 minutes of 36 were spent on special teams, that's not a real hockey game.

[NYR1199]

You probably got stuck with "Roy" and his crew from the secrhl. They are probably the worst most inconsistent refs I have ever seen in my life. Its too bad the NCRHA cannot hire "true" officials to ref their league.

[TEXT REMOVED] This is hockey people, let us play!

[jpalic]

I agree...the officiating at this year's nationals was very inconsistent. While one game would be full of powerplays and penalty kills because of minor stick work and a little body contact, another would allow the players to get away with what seemed like anything.

It is understandable to call a game tight to keep it from getting out of hand, but in each championship game there were power plays within the first minute and a half after the drop of the puck. It seemed like the refs were definitely a little too quick to throw their arms up this year and call a penalty (mostly hooking).

Hockey is a physical game. That's the bottom line. People will get knocked off the puck and that is alright and is the reason we wear pads. It seems ridiculous that in a national tournament some games ended up being dictated by too many power plays against teams that were playing hard to advance in the tournament.