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by Paul on 08/29/09 at 06:48 AM ET
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Mike Brophy does a Q & A with Stephen Walkom who has left his job as the NHL’s director of officiating and will be returning as a referee this season.
Sportsnet.ca: Some critics suggested the standard for calls took a little dip in last season’s playoffs and once again referees were turning a blind eye to infractions. Do you agree?
Walkom: They talked about it a little bit, but I think everybody is always ready to pounce on it. That’s why I compared the first period prior to the lockout against the first period of this year’s playoffs. Yeah, there was probably one penalty in the first period that we should have called, but we don’t want our guys making up penalties just so we can call the standard. Was there one hook missed? Yeah, there was. Was there a hold we could have called in the second period? Perhaps. But the thing is there were 14 of those four years earlier. Our guys aren’t missing penalties by choice; not calling penalties because of the time of the game or the score of the game. That mentality is gone. If they see something, they react to it.
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In the past year Walkom has refused to acknowledge the importance of any mistakes by nhl officials or flaws in the officiating in a larger sense. I’m glad he’s leaving the director’s position. I hope they bring in someone who’ll work to make the officiating better. Walkom seemed too satisfied with whatever it is he thinks he’s accomplished. I never liked him as a referee, though. We’ll see if he can take his own medicine.
Posted by Djoos on 08/29/09 at 09:16 AM ET