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With the need for more penalties to be called in the SMJHL, a good idea for the brass was to introduce the personal foul. This means any player will very carefully have to calculate whether it is worth it to chirp an opposing player, or even the quick dirty dig that might not qualify for a roughing penalty because it will be the refs discretion as to whether or not to call the foul. And they are being told to call everything, it can be assumed that in the first few games, there will be a lot of guys sitting in the box. Also the league hopes this will speed up the play as there may not be as many scrums after the whistle. It will totally be worth it to see the increase in power play goals and the old school skills being used instead of the chirpiest chirp. It would make to game more interesting to see so much called.