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Walkom Explains
by Paul on 03/22/07 at 06:03 AM ET
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from the Ottawa Citizen,
Welcome to Stephen Walkom’s nightmare.
The NHL’s director of officials was forced into damage control yesterday in the wake of a comedy of officiating errors that handed the Ottawa Senators a 4-2 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday….
First, Walkom tried to answer for the league’s video-review process, a system in which the referees, video technicians in the arenas and NHL officials at a “war room” in Toronto are supposed to work together to ensure that every controversial goal or save is reviewed thoroughly before the puck is dropped to resume play.
added 6:56am, from Ray Slover of the Sporting News,
At some point, referees have to be made accountable. The NHL has banished officials before, and no one is crying about not having Paul Stewart in stripes.
If there aren’t enough topnotch officials for the NHL, then maybe it’s time to chuck the two-referee system. Let one guy, two linesmen and video do the job. If there are enough good officials, it’s time to weed out the bad ones. And NHL supervisors in Toronto have to be accountable if they are going to review every goal or potential goal.
It’s time for officiating chief Stephen Walkom and other NHL brass to take a look at Mr. McGeough.
And maybe it’s time for Mr. McGeough, whose future is in horses, to smell what he’s shoveling.
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