Scouting The Refs Podcast

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Scouting The Refs follows hockey officials across the NHL, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world, including news updates, rule changes and interpretations, suspensions, and statistics on officials and penalty calls. #RefsPodcastThe 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. Todd Lewis is a veteran broadcaster covering the NHL and other major league sports. Lewis is a former host on the NHL Network and on NHL Network Radio. He’s also worked for TSN, Sportsnet as a host/anchor and is a producer of other programs. Josh Smith is the founder of Scouting the Refs, the leading independent site related to hockey officiating which 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.

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Episode Date
The Tortured Officials Department
Apr 19, 2024
You Pucked Up!
Apr 12, 2024
Communication Breakdown
Apr 05, 2024
Egregious Hits, Penalties, and Offsides
Mar 29, 2024
EBUL Alert!
Mar 22, 2024
Torts Goes Tilt and Overtime Shenanigans
Mar 16, 2024
Disappointed... but Not Surprised
Mar 09, 2024
Blades of Glory
Mar 02, 2024
Was That the Call of the Year?
Feb 24, 2024
The Puck's Not Dead Yet!
Feb 17, 2024
Mandatory Minimums
Feb 10, 2024
Can The Officials Actually Do That?
Feb 03, 2024
Everybody Missed It!
Jan 27, 2024
A Lot of Touching
Jan 20, 2024
Two Too Many Men
Jan 13, 2024
Catch and Release
Jan 05, 2024
Holidays with the Husebys
Dec 21, 2023
Vigilante Justice
Dec 15, 2023
Winner, Winner, Chicken... Nugget?
Dec 08, 2023
Stop Hitting Yourself
Dec 01, 2023
Dude, Where's My Stick?
Nov 26, 2023
You Get an Instigator!
Nov 17, 2023
Shock, Dismay, and the Ross Colton Wrecking Crew
Nov 09, 2023
Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Sticks
Nov 03, 2023
NHL Linesman Brian Murphy
Oct 26, 2023
Outta The Way, Ref!
Oct 20, 2023
Howden, Hathaway, Hastings, and More!
Oct 13, 2023
Stone Walled in Preseason
Oct 09, 2023
Was It Something I Said?
Sep 29, 2023
Goaltender Exploration!
Sep 22, 2023
New Refs, New Rules
Sep 15, 2023
Preseason Countdowns & Post-Game Interviews
Sep 09, 2023
Retired NHL Linesman Brad Lazarowich Talks BCHL
Aug 25, 2023
Number Nine Hits Route 66, NHL Goes to Europe
Jul 21, 2023
Summer School with NHL's Jay Sharrers
Jul 06, 2023
No Hall of Famers, No Golden Whistle
Jun 23, 2023
Continuous Play vs. Intent to Blow
Jun 16, 2023
What a Knob!
Jun 09, 2023
Making the Cut for the Stanley Cup Final
May 31, 2023
Five for Stomping, Two for Falling Down
May 26, 2023
Prognosticating Icing
May 20, 2023
Koharski Returns: Nurse, Pietrangelo, and Improving Officiating
May 12, 2023
Bad Calls... or Bad Rules?
May 05, 2023
Phantom Penalties and the High Stick That Wasn't
Apr 28, 2023
Dave Jackson Returns to Talk NHL Playoffs
Apr 22, 2023
What Can You Get For $5000?
Apr 16, 2023
NAHL's Next Shift with Keith Kaval and Kendall Hanley
Apr 14, 2023
Accidentally On Purpose
Apr 07, 2023
WTF Is Goaltender Interference?!
Mar 31, 2023
A New High Score on Coach's Challenges!
Mar 24, 2023
Binnington Banned for Blocker Beat-Down
Mar 17, 2023
The Ol' Pickle-Stabber Returns!
Mar 10, 2023
Spitting and... Splashing?!
Mar 03, 2023
Clock Blocked!
Feb 24, 2023
Hey... Knock It Off!
Feb 17, 2023
Back from the Break with a Bang.. or Two or Three
Feb 10, 2023
No Mo' Koho!
Feb 03, 2023
What Was The Actual Call?
Jan 27, 2023
Things That Make You Go Hmm...
Jan 20, 2023
When Five Is Just Too Many Men...
Jan 13, 2023
International Incidental Contact at WJC
Jan 06, 2023
Linesmen Called Up; Leafs Pay Up
Dec 30, 2022
Who's Naughty, Who's Nice?
Dec 24, 2022
Hold On Loosely
Dec 16, 2022
Back It Up, Flip it, and Reverse It
Dec 09, 2022
A Hat-Trick of Disallowed Goals!
Nov 25, 2022
Earning a Bonus for Player Safety Fines?
Nov 18, 2022
A Six-Pack for Player Safety
Nov 11, 2022
Everything is Fine!
Nov 04, 2022
Let's Review... Oh, Wait, We Can't
Oct 28, 2022
Insignificant Presence In the Crease
Oct 21, 2022
What's Better Than This?
Oct 14, 2022
The NHL Season Starts... or does it?
Oct 07, 2022
Instigators and Preseason Player Safety
Sep 30, 2022
Making Up The Rules with NHL Players
Sep 22, 2022
NHL Ref Camp Opens, Roy Gets Tossed, and Reffy!
Sep 18, 2022
New Season, New Refs, New Rules
Sep 09, 2022
Wrapping Up '22 with WJC and Women's Worlds
Aug 26, 2022
Rewriting Rules at Summer School
Jul 27, 2022
Unrivaled, Summer Plans, and Abuse of the Cup
Jul 08, 2022
Two Birds, One Draft, No Whistles
Jul 01, 2022
Too Many Men, Too Much Time
Jun 23, 2022
The (Stanley Cup) Final Countdown
Jun 17, 2022
Holy Shick!
Jun 10, 2022
So... Was It Offside?
Jun 03, 2022
Going Streaking!
May 27, 2022
Uniting Fans Through Frustration
May 20, 2022
Fines, Fines, Everywhere Fines
May 13, 2022
Spicy Pork and Broccoli in OT
May 06, 2022
Burn the Rulebook, the Playoffs are Coming
Apr 29, 2022
Two Sticks, No Bucket
Apr 11, 2022
Penalties for the Record Books
Apr 01, 2022
Matthews Suspended, Morton Retires
Mar 18, 2022
Late Calls, Tough Calls
Mar 11, 2022
Kicking, Bunting, and Diving
Mar 04, 2022
Imminent Scoring Chances and Costly Words
Feb 18, 2022
Rising to the Level of Supplemental Discipline
Jan 28, 2022
Don't Get Pissy!
Jan 24, 2022
Give 'Em Head Butts!
Jan 17, 2022
Challenging the Unchallengeable
Jan 07, 2022
'No Goal' Gallagher and Emergency Back-Up Refs
Dec 30, 2021
The Airing of Grievances
Dec 23, 2021
Goal, No Goal, No Wait... Goal.
Dec 17, 2021
The Knights Who Say 'Knee'
Dec 10, 2021
Is it a Team Issue or Just an Isolated Idiot?
Nov 26, 2021
Katie Guay: The AHL's First Female Referee
Nov 12, 2021
Look Ma, No Glove!
Nov 05, 2021
This Is Getting Expensive...
Oct 29, 2021
Head Butts, Parros Speaks, Officials Shortage
Oct 22, 2021
Boarding, Spearing, and Kicking It Old School
Oct 15, 2021
Refs on TV, Gibbons Injured, Stricter Suspensions
Oct 08, 2021
Preseason Player Safety, Koho on TNT, Peel Speaks Out
Oct 01, 2021
The Five Stages of NHL Rule Crackdowns
Sep 24, 2021
Cup Final, Consistency, Bettman and McDavid on Refs
Jul 02, 2021
Count to Five...
Jun 18, 2021
Cheap Shots, Expensive Fines
Jun 11, 2021
Overtime in the Penalty Box
Jun 04, 2021
It Wasn't Me!
May 28, 2021
Spinning the Wheel and Filling the Boxes
May 21, 2021
Dangerous Trips, Intent to Injure, Delayed Penalty Goals
May 14, 2021
Wilson Gonna Wilson
May 07, 2021
Diving! Boarding! Instigating! Oh my!
Apr 30, 2021
Wait... Who Called The Penalty?
Apr 23, 2021
Legal Hits to the Head, Distinct Kicking Motions
Apr 16, 2021
The Return of the Headshot
Apr 09, 2021
Tossed Buckets, Slew-Feet, Kicked Pucks
Apr 02, 2021
Is This Thing On?
Mar 26, 2021
Boarding Is The New Headshot
Mar 18, 2021
Player Safety Goes ALL CAPS, Major Reviews, Trip vs. Slew-Foot
Mar 11, 2021
You Can't Review That!
Mar 04, 2021