I struggle with how to assess the refs. They cannot, nor would you want them to, call every single penalty in the book. It ruins the flow of games and you end up with a period like we had a few games ago where there were only like 5 mins of 5v5, and the rest was a series of PPs, 4on4s etc. It was awful.
But you cannot excuse not calling things, or choosing to call things, based on 1) who has already received calls, 2) the current score. I don't give a f*** if the penalties are 10 to 1 in favor of a team, I'd much rather them call it as it is, rather than trying to even things up. There are times in games where you can just feel a penalty is going to be called to try and give the losing team a shot, or because the last 3 calls went for the other team. It's bullshit, thats not how games work. Usually the better team, the faster team, and the team with most possession will draw more penalties and the team who is trailing, chasing the game, and desperate to score will take more. Why should a team that's being beaten fair and square be given an opportunity to go on the PP because they are losing?