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Rod Phillips Ready For The Season
by Paul on 09/24/09 at 07:04 AM ET
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from David Staples of The Cult Of Hockey,
On the NHL Network’s online broadcast of the Oilers-Flames game on Wednesday night, (Rod) Phillips started to roast referee Chris Lee about halfway through the first period and didn’t let up. Lee did give the Flames two two-man advantages in the first, but there might well be some concern that Phillips’ response wasn’t exactly in proportion, not that the nutbar Oiler diehards like me who actually watch the game online would care about his bias.
Indeed, we love Phillips for it.
“It doesn’t matter how long you see the game, when you see bad officiating, it just ruins it,” Phillips said of Lee. “This guy has just started off the game absolutely horrendously.”
Free speech, alive and well on the radio.
“He’s obviously an American Hockey League referee and you should be surprised to see him in the NHL this season because he’s not ready,” Phillips then said of Lee.
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I watched/listened to Phillips last night and I thought his performance last night was disgraceful. The Flames outskated and outworked the Oilers throughout much of the game resulting in clutch-and-grab techniques from Edmonton. The only thing that kept the game close was the Flames inept power play.
I’ve come to expect blaming the refs for a team’s poor performance from homerific fans, but it’s pretty disappointing when you hear it from a veteran announcer like Phillips.
Posted by dash_pinched from Rumour Mill Bay on 09/24/09 at 10:35 AM ET