Please pick ONE prompt to write about. Do not mix and match prompts. Identify the prompt you are using in your submission - Copying and pasting the prompt will deduct from your word count so if you do this make sure YOUR submission is 150+ words excluding the prompt.
PLAYER PROMPT -As you skillfully block a shot, the puck takes a lucky bounce and ends up behind the defender that shot it, giving you a perfect opening for a breakaway. As you take off to get past them, the defender turns to chase you but trips on their own feet and goes down in a heap. You get a brief moment of excitement as you realize you're on a clean break when suddenly-- the whistle blows. You're called for tripping. From the ref's angle it looked like you knocked their feet out.
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)
Graphic Task: Show me your player talking to the ref about what happened. Include some speech bubbles!
HOCKEY PROMPT- Want to give me your opinion on a hockey related matter again? This is the prompt for you!
Written Task: How do you feel about video review in hockey right now? Do long reviews annoy you? Do you think missed calls are just part of the game, or would you want to strive for maximum accuracy? What kind of calls are OK to miss from time to time and what kind of calls need to be as accurate as possible? In a similar vein would you like to see things like goal calls and offsides automated? Should a camera be used to make those calls automatically rather than relying on the ref's human eye? Tell me where you stand on all this kind of stuff! (150+ words)
Graphic Task: Show me a depiction of the ref's reviewing something your player did. Are you super stretched out trying to stay onside? Are you swiping the puck off the goal line with your hand? Maybe the puck fell into the back of your pants during a scrum and now nobody can find it? Get creative!
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This task is for SHL players and send downs only, it is not for SMJHL rookies..
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)
Ben Jammin has various penalty problems going back to his seasons back in the J (he even led his Kelowna Knights in PIM's one season). There was even an incident this season where Ben got assessed a bench minor. The refs definitely have it out for the DJ monkey hockey player for the Chicago When the refs decided to call Ben Jammin on a tripping call, he blew a gasket and threw a temper tantrum for the ages in SHL history.
"Are you (bleeping) kidding me!?" He tripped on his own and you're going to call me for tripping? Take a look at the jumbotron and you will see for yourself what happened." As Ben is screaming at the referee who called him for the penalty.
"I call it like I see it". Says the ref calmly.
"This whole season and all my other seasons thus far in the SHL, you refs have called the weakest penalties on me and this one just tops the cake." As Ben is now fuming and all up in the refs face.
Before Ben can continue his rage, the ref ejects him from the game and Ben is ushered away by his fellow teammates into the dressing room.
As the entire situation plays out, Kevens instantly remembers the exact same thing occurring to him in his days playing youth hockey. Back then he just sat bewildered at the call and didn't know how to vouch for his innocence. This time, however, Kevens has learned from his prior mistake of not speaking up. As soon as the whistle blows, he makes sure to skate right over to the ref to clarify things. Of course this has to be done tactfully because refs won't often listen to blind rage coming from players. The simple request would be for the ref to go and investigate the patch of ice that the opposing player tripped on nearby. Professional players don't usually just fall over for no reason so there's a good chance a chip in the ice actually exists and can prove that the tripping call shouldn't be sustained. If there doesn't end up being anything suspicious about the ice then at least the video replay will show the truth even if the ref doesn't get the chance to look at it.
Quote: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)
"Sir. Excuse me Mr. Referee sir. Sir! I believe that you have made a grievous error in judgement in regards to the situation that just unfolded. I am aware that from your perspective and from the angle you were viewing the incident that I may have infracted the player on said play but I can assure you that this is not what occurred. The vantage point that you witnessed the apparent transgression was misleading. This is to no fault of your own of course, it is the speed of the game and what little support you get from the league management. You have a difficult job that few people appreciate and although I appreciate the pressure you are under when it comes to making quick decisive calls, at times mistakes can happen. I understand that you can't call that infraction back now or officially label it a mistake or get in trouble and possibly lose your job. I would just hope that any future situations where you are put in such a disadvantaged view, that you would re-assess the situation and re-think the way you would make that call.
Also, go fuck yourself and get some glasses you blind asshole."
I absolutely have a problem with the way the refs let players hack at me after I've covered the puck, it's gotten to the point that in my old (for a hockey player) age my fingers always hurt and my hands are constantly shaking. Since the refs won't do their job I have to take things into my own broken hands. You want to hack and slash at me, enjoy some cross checks to your lower back with my big goalie stick while you're trying to screen me, and if the ref isn't looking some nice big slashes at your calves and ankles. I wish I didn't have to do these things but they send a very clear message, and they really do discourage players from going after me. Things can get awkward though if I'm going out with friends on opposing teams after the game and they've got big bruises on their lower legs and my fingers are twice the size that they normally are, but most of the time we move past it pretty quickly.
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.
William Salming has a good relationship with video assistant referee system which is called VAR in football and something else in ice-hockey. But on the other hand, he would like to let the game flow little bit more. Especially in lower divisions video reviews are unnecessary. On high level and top-sport, Salming understand why videos are being used. His personal opinion is, that human mistakes belong to the game. Like player, also referees make mistake. Of course, Salming would keep the chance to check goal situations from the video if there is goaltender interference or if the puck crossed the goal line but he wouldn't check from the video if there was an offside or if a penalty is worth of five minutes instead of two. He would check only goals from the video to let game flow more free. That is Salming's idea about ideal VAR system in hockey. Missed calls are part of the game and media gets also more food that way to write about suspicious situatitions and speculate about them. Everyone wins.
First of all, I love that goalies were considered here this time and not left out like before. Thanks for that.
So how am I going to talk to the ref? I'm not that kind of person that gets super angry on the ice and starts an argument. All the current refs in the league and I have known each other for a long time now, so we kind of respect each other, but sometimes you have to say something.
"Hey [ref name], excuse me, but you did see what happened just now, didn't you? Don't tell me you're going to let those rookies get away with hacking at me after I've just done my job here. [Other team's player] was clearly doing it after I had covered the puck already and after the whistle. Most of the other veterans have respect, but you have to teach the rookies and if you don't see those minor things, I'm wondering what major things you're missing when you're not looking. You know I have the bigger stick and their padding isn't as good as mine, just saying."
With the amount of technology and depth of coverage that the game demands today, the only way to move forward is with the most accuracy and integrity possible. Yes, it's a total pain in the ass to watch the box as the ref reviews a very obvious call from fifteen different viewing angles. No, I don't enjoy listening to commentators vamp for time while this goes on. I'm sure the players get frustrated with the delay of game and disruption of pace, but that feels like a symptom of growing pains to me.
Automated calling of goals and ESPECIALLY offsides calls would save a lot of time and headache in the long run, if it's something that is possible to implement. I don't know the numbers exactly, but the amount of goals that are waved off for the play being offsides each season is wild. There are three officials on the ice whose responsibility is to watch for these things, and they still require discussion and video review. Just like safety equipment standards have increased as technology advances, so too should the standards for recording and officiating the game.
PBP: "Fiorentini down to a knee blocks a shot--it's out behind the defender at the blue line! He's got a potential shorthanded breakaway!"
Fiorentini has an opportunity. A defender scrambling to find the puck and nothing but open ice behind him. He turns on the jets and blows by the confused defender, who falls in a heap, and is about to start pulling out the moves when:
A whistle blows and sharply rings out through the arena. Fiorentini has been called for tripping.
BF: "Holy f--k, stripes, are you kidding me?"
Fiorentini is not pleased with the call.
BF: "Are you f--kin' bulls--tting me? How the f--k are you gonna stand there and tell me you think I took his f--kin' feet out from under him? Are you f--kin' blind?"
REF: "You tripped him, Ben, simple as that."
Julien Villeneuve, one of tonight's referees, is a veteran of the game. And not likely to take these sorts of antics sitting down.
REF: "Now shut the f--k up before I give you a double minor for challenging the call."
Fiorentini starts to retort before deciding otherwise. He heads to the box, grumbling the entire way. It's the second man in the box in the last few minutes for the Whalers as they go down on a 5-on-3 penalty kill. He takes a seat next to defender Antonio Flusso.
BF: "Floss, did you f--kin' see that s--t? Ho-ly f--k, JV needs to put his f--kin' glasses on tonight. Getting out of f--kin' hand. Jesus Christ."
At least in here, Fiorentini's anger won't cause his team even more trouble.
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)
Whistle blows, the play stops and like clockwork here it comes next to the net: sticks getting hacked at the glove, the blocker or the pads. Early on in his career, Strom was sort of a hot-head when it came to this. When the whistle blows, play STOPS. No questions, but there have always been one or two on every team that he faces that just don't know when to quit. Early in his career he would usually shout over to the ref to try and have him do something about it. Sometimes the ref would go speak up to the other bench, or to the player in question...though the majority of the time he would be told "Its part of the game, deal with it."
Now that he's far more seasoned in the leagues, he lets players come at him and continue hacking after the whistle. He's gotten the last laugh on more than one occasion now as, if the opportunity presents itself he will reach up with his blocker hand and either try to untie the skate laces of a player who's close enough and hacking away...or he'll grab the top of the skate ever so quickly and give it a clean jerk. Both situations usually cause the offending player to fall on their rear and get ribbed by all of the other skaters on the ice.
Kaapo Kampainen is the definition of a nice guy, so I doubt he'd actually argue with the refs, or at worst have some friendly banter with them. Playing in his 8th season in the SHL, Kaapo pretty much knows every referee in the game and they know him. He doesn't get called for penalties often, so it often surprises him when he does.
KK: What did I do Jeff ?
Ref: Looks like you tripped him champ!
KK: Ah come, be serious with me for a minute, I didn't trip the guy, he fell all by himself
Ref: No, I saw you trip him with your stick!
KK: No man, it wasn't me! I didn't do that !
Ref: Nah, you can't use that with me man, it's not going to work, I saw what I saw
KK: Perhaps you're due for new glasses, age is starting to get you man!
Ref: That's what my wife says too, too bad I don't listen to her!
Players still hacking at him after he already covered the puck has been a bit of a pet peeve for the young goalie Sir Devoir. While he can handle a few sticks to his blade like arms, sometimes the players could get the sticks to hit on his head or dangerously close to his rather large eyes. While he usually tries his best to just deal with it, there are times when he will try his best to point it out to the ref. When times like that will happen, he usually just yells to the ref or otherwise tries to get his attention.
Once he gets the refs attention, he tries his best to calmly explain that the players were all too eager to continue hacking after the whistle. However, if it is egregious enough and the ref just will not pay any attention to what he is saying, he will use use his psychic abilities to talk to the ref in thier mind to get thier point across.
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 game takes place on 2033-11-5 It was a close game, the score for four Quebec, three Kelowna, in the third period, I'm doing everything I can to score another goal on Hayden but I'm just not clicking. Kids been getting in my head all night, I've tried straight up sniping him again like I did earlier in the first period but he knows my game and I know him, I tried screening and it kind of works but he keeps cup checking me and I'm not sure it's worth it. A faceoff in Quebec's zone, I know what I have to do, Munko wins the face-off back to Graj, Graj winds up as I cut my way in front of Caleb Hayden, I try and park my ass right in front of his line of sight just praying we can sneak one in one, Graj shoots...the puck clips off of a Quebec defender and they take the puck out into the neutral zone, I'm upset, was there more I could've done? and all of the sudden boom, right in the cup again, Hayden gives me a good slap right where the sun don't shine, I spin around after falling to my knees and I slap my stick against his goalie pads
[Jacques] C'mon Hayden we don't do that shit man!
[Caleb] Sorry man Gotta do what you gotta do for fuck sake, lucky I like him and don't feel like having the entire bench clear out just for me... annnnd the Ref sticks his hand in the air.
[Jacques] WHAT THE FUCK FOR??
[Ref] You fucking smacked him with your stick!
[Jacques] He's been fucking cup-checking me all game and you haven't done anything about it!
[Ref] You fucking retaliated and you know well that we take the retaliation call every time!
[Jacques] SO WHAT I'M JUST SUPPOSED TO LET HIM DO THAT TO ME? GIVE YOUR HEAD A SHAKE The puck has been possessed by Kelowna and Jacques heads to the box
[Ref] ONE MORE PEEP OUT OF YOU HAM AND YOU'RE GONE! I grab a water bottle and squirt it out on the ice and slam the box door closed whilst saying
[Jacques] You've been reffing me since I joined this league and you've been nothing but a clown out there! Trade those fucking skates in for some clown shoes! The game ends, four to three, Quebec. I skate over to the ref and I give him a fist bump in the shoulder cause I know he's just doing his job even though he really really pisses me off, and I skate over to Hayden and I give him a light little tap on the side to congratulate him on playing so well,
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