Scouting The Refs Podcast #RefsPodcast
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Scouting The Refs follows hockey officials across the NHL, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world, including news, rule changes and interpretations, suspensions, and statistics on officials and penalty calls. Todd Lewis is a veteran broadcaster covering the NHL and other major league sports; a former host on the NHL Network and on NHL Network Radio, he’s also worked for TSN and Sportsnet as a host/anchor. Josh Smith is the founder of Scouting the Refs, the leading independent resource related to hockey officiating. #RefsPodcast
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A Double-Double and an Overhead Ref
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May 16, 2026 |
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Oh, You're an ANGRY Coach!
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May 08, 2026 |
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Review Everything!
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May 01, 2026 |
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Uniting Fans through 'Ref You Suck'
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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The NHL Rulebook is Wrong, 38 Special was Right
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Diver Down!
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Hey, That's Mine!
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Caught in the Crossfire
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Give Me Five!
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Golden Goal, New Cameras, and Too Many Men... Again
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Too Many Czechs on the Ice
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Tom Wilson: International Man of Misery
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Talking Olympics with NHL Ref Ian Walsh
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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How Did That Get There?
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Rust Ruling, Bench Shenanigans, and a Triple Play
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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The Ol' Gordie Howe Goalie Hat Trick
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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NAHL's Kendall Hanley on Officiating Camps
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Missed One Here... and Maybe There
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Buddy the Ref and NHL Lumberjacks
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Christmas Bills and Holiday Nuts
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Hand Pass Disaster
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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A Long Controversial December
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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A Confluence of Circumstances
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Elbows Up!
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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No Net? No Problem!
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Do You Suffer From Premature Substitution?
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Show Your Work! & Author Don Weekes
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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322 PIMs, One Challenge, Two Sticks
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Preseason Penalty Pileups
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Is It In?
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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...and We're Back!
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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One Cup, No Calls
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Let ‘Em Play… Right?
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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The Wes McCauley Special
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Making The Cut for the Cup
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Cuts, Kicks, Broken Sticks, and Bloody Refs
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May 24, 2025 |
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How The Hellebuyck Did That Goal Count?
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May 15, 2025 |
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Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Trips
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May 09, 2025 |
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Game 7 Penalties?! In This Economy?!
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May 06, 2025 |
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Heads Up, Hands Off, Shot Down
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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A Little High... and Not Exactly Legal
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Takedowns, Retirements, and Dangerous Trips
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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The Crease is Lava!
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Stick Taps and Challenging Challenges
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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An International Incident
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Hold On Loosely
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Shift Disturber
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Nachos on Ice + NAHL's Kaval & Hanley
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Missed Calls, Dropped Phones
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Getting Off On The Right Foot... or Knee... or Elbow
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Premature Evacuation
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Hit That Buzzer
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Don't Cross the Lasers!
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Black Friday Special
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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They Did The Thing!
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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High Dives, No Goals, and Trigonometry
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Seeing Double
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Clock Check!
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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High Hits and Beat Downs
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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It's Preseason for the Situation Room, Too
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Survey Says!
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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New Season, New Rules, New Refs!
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Who Wants To Be A Ref?
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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It's Over!
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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No Call in the Cup Final?! No Way!
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Stayin' Alive?
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Stanley Cup Final Countdown
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Mr. Referee, Downgrade This Call!
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Where's Wes?
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May 25, 2024 |
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Situation Room: "No goals."
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May 18, 2024 |
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Everything Running Smoothly
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May 11, 2024 |
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Tangled Up in Blue Paint
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May 04, 2024 |
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Everything is Happening
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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The Tortured Officials Department
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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You Pucked Up!
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Communication Breakdown
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Egregious Hits, Penalties, and Offsides
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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EBUL Alert!
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Torts Goes Tilt and Overtime Shenanigans
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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Disappointed... but Not Surprised
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Blades of Glory
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Was That the Call of the Year?
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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The Puck's Not Dead Yet!
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Mandatory Minimums
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Can The Officials Actually Do That?
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Everybody Missed It!
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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A Lot of Touching
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Two Too Many Men
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Catch and Release
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Holidays with the Husebys
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Vigilante Justice
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Winner, Winner, Chicken... Nugget?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Stop Hitting Yourself
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Dude, Where's My Stick?
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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You Get an Instigator!
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Shock, Dismay, and the Ross Colton Wrecking Crew
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Sticks
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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NHL Linesman Brian Murphy
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Outta The Way, Ref!
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Howden, Hathaway, Hastings, and More!
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Stone Walled in Preseason
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Was It Something I Said?
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Goaltender Exploration!
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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New Refs, New Rules
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Preseason Countdowns & Post-Game Interviews
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Retired NHL Linesman Brad Lazarowich Talks BCHL
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Number Nine Hits Route 66, NHL Goes to Europe
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Summer School with NHL's Jay Sharrers
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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No Hall of Famers, No Golden Whistle
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Continuous Play vs. Intent to Blow
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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What a Knob!
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Making the Cut for the Stanley Cup Final
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May 31, 2023 |
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Five for Stomping, Two for Falling Down
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May 26, 2023 |
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Prognosticating Icing
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May 20, 2023 |
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Koharski Returns: Nurse, Pietrangelo, and Improving Officiating
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May 12, 2023 |
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Bad Calls... or Bad Rules?
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May 05, 2023 |
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Phantom Penalties and the High Stick That Wasn't
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Dave Jackson Returns to Talk NHL Playoffs
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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What Can You Get For $5000?
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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NAHL's Next Shift with Keith Kaval and Kendall Hanley
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Accidentally On Purpose
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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WTF Is Goaltender Interference?!
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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A New High Score on Coach's Challenges!
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Binnington Banned for Blocker Beat-Down
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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The Ol' Pickle-Stabber Returns!
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Spitting and... Splashing?!
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Clock Blocked!
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Hey... Knock It Off!
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Back from the Break with a Bang.. or Two or Three
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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No Mo' Koho!
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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What Was The Actual Call?
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Things That Make You Go Hmm...
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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When Five Is Just Too Many Men...
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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International Incidental Contact at WJC
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Linesmen Called Up; Leafs Pay Up
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Who's Naughty, Who's Nice?
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Hold On Loosely
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Back It Up, Flip it, and Reverse It
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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A Hat-Trick of Disallowed Goals!
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Earning a Bonus for Player Safety Fines?
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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A Six-Pack for Player Safety
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Everything is Fine!
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Let's Review... Oh, Wait, We Can't
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Insignificant Presence In the Crease
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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What's Better Than This?
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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The NHL Season Starts... or does it?
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Instigators and Preseason Player Safety
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Making Up The Rules with NHL Players
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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NHL Ref Camp Opens, Roy Gets Tossed, and Reffy!
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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New Season, New Refs, New Rules
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Wrapping Up '22 with WJC and Women's Worlds
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Rewriting Rules at Summer School
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Unrivaled, Summer Plans, and Abuse of the Cup
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Two Birds, One Draft, No Whistles
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Too Many Men, Too Much Time
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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The (Stanley Cup) Final Countdown
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Holy Shick!
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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So... Was It Offside?
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Going Streaking!
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May 27, 2022 |
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Uniting Fans Through Frustration
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May 20, 2022 |
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Fines, Fines, Everywhere Fines
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May 13, 2022 |
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Spicy Pork and Broccoli in OT
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May 06, 2022 |
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Burn the Rulebook, the Playoffs are Coming
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Two Sticks, No Bucket
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Penalties for the Record Books
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Matthews Suspended, Morton Retires
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Late Calls, Tough Calls
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Kicking, Bunting, and Diving
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Imminent Scoring Chances and Costly Words
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Rising to the Level of Supplemental Discipline
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Don't Get Pissy!
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Give 'Em Head Butts!
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Challenging the Unchallengeable
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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'No Goal' Gallagher and Emergency Back-Up Refs
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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The Airing of Grievances
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Goal, No Goal, No Wait... Goal.
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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The Knights Who Say 'Knee'
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Is it a Team Issue or Just an Isolated Idiot?
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Katie Guay: The AHL's First Female Referee
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Look Ma, No Glove!
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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This Is Getting Expensive...
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Head Butts, Parros Speaks, Officials Shortage
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Boarding, Spearing, and Kicking It Old School
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Refs on TV, Gibbons Injured, Stricter Suspensions
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Preseason Player Safety, Koho on TNT, Peel Speaks Out
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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The Five Stages of NHL Rule Crackdowns
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Cup Final, Consistency, Bettman and McDavid on Refs
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Count to Five...
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Cheap Shots, Expensive Fines
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Overtime in the Penalty Box
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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It Wasn't Me!
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May 28, 2021 |
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Spinning the Wheel and Filling the Boxes
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May 21, 2021 |
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Dangerous Trips, Intent to Injure, Delayed Penalty Goals
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May 14, 2021 |
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Wilson Gonna Wilson
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May 07, 2021 |
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Diving! Boarding! Instigating! Oh my!
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Wait... Who Called The Penalty?
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Legal Hits to the Head, Distinct Kicking Motions
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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The Return of the Headshot
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Tossed Buckets, Slew-Feet, Kicked Pucks
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Is This Thing On?
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Boarding Is The New Headshot
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Player Safety Goes ALL CAPS, Major Reviews, Trip vs. Slew-Foot
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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You Can't Review That!
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Mar 04, 2021 |