Player Prompt

Louise St. Martin is, by and large, an angel on the ice. I may be one of the team's and league's younger players, but I understand the toxic culture that's left most sports with a referee shortage (breaking character for a bit, I've heard serious horror stories about the Massachusetts youth hockey official shortage, such as guys needing police escorts for an UNDER 7 game...youth parents are fucking unhinged and seriously need to chill, and it's made me sympathize more with the refs that do make it to the top because they have to put up with this bullshit). I don't tend to go over the top if I disagree with the refs' call, I usually give them an almost dad-like "I'm not mad, just disappointed," smile it off, and hope the penalty kill can make it a moot point. Because, in the end, truly great hockey teams are able to overcome bad officiating just by being themselves: great.