Option 2:

Listen, no one likes taking penalties when they're on the ice. It hurts your team and makes them clean up a mess you created. Now, sometimes the penalty against you is bogus and sometimes it's legit. You have to make sure you control your reaction or you risk the referees labelling you a nuisance and it affecting the calls you do or don't get.

When I was starting out, I would get pretty animated whenever I got called for a penalty. I never thought I did anything wrong and wanted to make sure the refs knew what I felt about the call. When I entered the SHL, the vets on the team had a talk with me about reacting appropriately and I've tried to clean up my reactions on the ice. They told me you don't want to be labelled a complainer to the ref and just let them do their job and roll with it. They said they would handle the talking to the refs so I'm definitely working on it. My teammates in Texas have been great in helping me in this part of my game.

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