When the whistles go away An embarrassing look at NHL officiating

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The New NHL Meets the Old NHL
Published 5/7/2008 by Kevin at BfloBlog.com
James Mirtle has a very interesting breakdown of the breakdown in playoff officiating here. My gut tells me this trend existed in the regular season as well, just not to such a severe extent.

Packing Peanuts and the New Kid
Published 5/7/2008 by Ryan (noreply@blogger.com) at The Goose's Roost
... - Mirtle has a good look at officiating in the playoffs so far. The trend is pretty obvious to the ordinary viewer, but seeing the numbers really does drive the point home. Officiating this year as a whole has been uneven and at times downright conflicted. The gradual slide from post lockout penalties to today's penalties is quite drastic, and you have to wonder if the league will respond in any way this summer. ...

Everybody's Waiting For The Weekend
Published 5/8/2008 by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... is this? WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Get up joke. CANONBA-A-A-A-A-A-A-ALL Is that him working the refs? No, it can't be. Greg Louganis called. He wants his moves back. DIVER :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [Mirtle] shows you why he is a big deal. He breaks down the postseason officiating. If he were a ...

The referees for the finals, and why they've been a disgrace
Published 5/8/2008 at Puck Daddy
... perpetrated against their team by the referees or the replay booth. But Mirtle offered some incredible numbers earlier this week that pull back the curtain to reveal the pile of crap that's been late-game officiating in these playoffs. ...

Improving the Officiating
Published 5/9/2008 by Tom at Tom Benjamin's NHL Weblog
... May 09, 2008 Improving the Officiating James Mirtle gives us the data to confirm what we already know: The refs are putting their whistles in their pocket in the third period. The post finishes with: There's no question that's a problem. The question is, how big of one is it and how do you fix it? Bill McCreary's work last night convinces me to reply. It is a big problem. As I noted in ...

The Detroit Free Press Wants No Penalties Called Unless, of Course, Someone Gets Decapitated
Published 6/4/2008 by Kevin (noreply@blogger.com) at Barry Melrose Rocks
... victor. Well, let's see. The Zebras called seven penalties in the first two periods. During the third period and first two overtimes, they called four. They called all of four penalties in the span of a normal game. Four. Can you imagine sitting through a NHL game where there were only four penalties called? Wow. NHL Zebras swallow their whistles all the time down the stretch. And I mean, all the time. Don't believe me? OK. Then check out James Mirtle's cold, hard statistical look on the issue. Goalie ...