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Hockey goes by so quick that it's no surprise that refs miss some things. I'm sure there's no way I'd call a game perfectly from ice-level.
That, said, if a ref's going to call a penalty, he's got to call it right. Example: Sakic took a high stick to the face from Modano, was very obviouly bleeding, and the refs only called it a 2 minute minor, not a double minor (which should be automatic with the blood).
Okay, next question: Since the players have to take a bit at the beginning of the game to adjust to how the refs are going to call it, why don't they use the same crew of officials for the length of a playoff series, instead of switching refs each game?
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