After watching Russia's loss to the Czechs today, I'm glad to see that officiating in international hockey is as piss poor as it is in North America. I would hate to think that the Eurpeans were missing out on calls like Kovalev's phantom high stick (not to mention it was a late call), Datsyuk getting a misconduct for bumping the ref's elbow with his visor, as well as the follow through "high stick" call on Hatcher during the semi final game against Finland, and a myriad of other questionable calls throughout these games.
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