ChiHawks10
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Fair enough. Wasn't aware of that many coaching and reffing at the same time. I'm referring more to people who are actively still playing at a competitive level (youth, junior, college, pro, etc). Most of those players know the game as a player, they don't really know the intricacies of the rules or how they're interpreted. Hence 90% of players at every level never thinking they deserved a penalty they were called for even when it's blatantly obvious haha.
Probably pretty accurate. I mean... we know the rules, just don't agree with how they're interpreted sometimes.
Although... one of our refs in our men's league is terrible with the interpretations...
I wear a half shield... got high sticked when I took a shot. The defenders stick rode up my stick shaft as I was releasing the puck, and clipped me in the mouth. He said it was no penalty because it was on a follow-through...
I'm like... WTF? The interpretation of the rule is that I can't get a high stick on a follow-through if I hit a guy in the face. Not that a player who is not in control of his stick hits me in the face when he's trying to make a defensive play... If I were just stickhandling, and not taking a shot, and he went to pokecheck, and his stick rode up mine into my face, it would still be a high stick...
Another example of him...
Guy sticks his stick between the legs of one of our players, and he gets tripped a couple games ago. Same ref says "His intent wasn't to trip him, so I didn't call a trip." Like WTF? Intent doesn't matter on a tripping call...