S67 PT #3: It Wasn't Me
Due: October 9th @ 11:59 PM (PST)
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Muerto
Registered S15, S16, S24, S34, S38 Challenge Cup Champion
Written Task: Are you going to fight with the ref? Or do you resign yourself to taking an undeserved penalty? Write some dialogue! Are you hot-headed or respectful? Is your player a veteran that has a long relationship with some of the leagues refs? Are they a young player that's not afraid to tell it like it is? IF YOU'RE A GOALIE: same question but different scenario: how do you talk to the ref about players hacking at you after the whistle? (150+ words)
This has actually happened to me twice in real hockey. The first time, it was a tryout game for a traveling rep team. The other player had the puck and was about 10 feet away from me with the puck on his stick. He tried to make a crossover turn and just totally wiped out. I grabbed the puck and broke out the other way when the whistle blows. The ref is calling a penalty so I am looking around to see who got called. And the ref points at me and says 2 minutes for tripping. I laughed and was like, you are kidding, he fell on his own, I didn't even touch him! But the ref said no you tripped him, 2 minutes. I am like this is ridiculous, but the ref says no way and I sit in the box. Obviously I am feeling a little miffed because I didn't do anything but the ref was convinced and I didn't want to get another penalty so I shut my mouth and just shook my head and served my 2 minutes. Later on in the game the ref skated by and says so yeah uhh the other player told me you never tripped him and I just laughed. The second time it happened was a little bit different. But it was such an egregiously bad call. So I get hit in the head by the other guys stick. The whistle blows and the ref is calling a penalty, damn right, that was a high stick should be called. But the ref points at me and says, 2 minutes for illegal equipment. Because the guy who high sticked me knocked one of the straps undone on the side of my helmet. SO I get a penalty because my strap is undone because the guy hit me with his stick. I was outraged and was actually screaming and cursing at the ref, it was a horrible call. SO I got an extra 10 minute misconduct. If Grogu got called for a penalty he didn't do I think he would force choke the ref for sure. S76 SMJHL DRAFT 3RD OVERALL PICK S77 SHL DRAFT 4TH OVERALL PICK IIHF TEAM NORWAY |
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