09-10 Playoffs refs thread http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=836402
This will be a place for reviews for the upcoming season. The following posts will be charts, tables and grading criteria that should help get this underway.
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Skating Grade: A=can consistently backskate turns in traffic with eyes continuously on puck or play. Can skate straight line speed with mid-level NHL players. Masterful at avoiding puck and players. B=can backskate turns with eyes continuously on puck. Occasionally hit by pucks, rarely by players. C=Turns head to backskate turns or to accelerate. Occasionally interferes with players D=Speed noticeably slower than other refs. Frequent puck target. F=Frequently interferes with play.
Positioning Grade: A=consistently at net for scrums, leads play into zone. Does not leave zone being exited until players have left. Moves in attack zone for best sight lines (not plastered to one spot on the wall or in the corner). B=A little less consistency in all of the above qualities C=far from consistent in leading play into zone D=can be glued to sideboards, trails players into zone frequently, sometimes at net for scrums F=rarely at net for scrums, glued to sideboards
Safety Grade: A - Does not miss any 60 or over safety call. B - Misses one 60 or over call C - No missed 75 or over call D - No contention in game over missed safety calls. F - Contention over missed safety calls
Fairness Grade: A - Sets call level for safety and obstruction. They can be separate levels for each category. Same play called same way from beginning to end regardless of score or player/team. Make up calls are not acceptable. B - Generally adheres to above principles but misses are equal to both sides. Make up calls are acceptable. C - Misses are unbalanced by no more than 2 calls D - Misses are unbalanced by 3 calls F - You can figure it out.
Call Quality Grade: A - No makeups, no phantoms. See Fairness category regarding levels. B - No phantoms. May have minimal unevenness in level. C - One phantom allowed. Some unevenness. D - 2 or more makeups. F - Two or more phantoms.
1. Call levels should be set based on intensity of infraction. (examples to be given later)
2. A phantom call is either an infraction call or a puck call such as goal/no-goal or handpass where the call is a complete miss. For example, a slight tug of the stick on a hook call is not a phantom although a reviewer may question the call level. It is very important that we track phantoms in that it appears to be a criteria for advancement in the playoffs.
3. Penalty summaries will no longer be required. (They may be gathered off the web with some additional stats when a stat person comes forward.)
4. Please post a link to the game summary at the end of the review and post the final score in the header.
Boarding
100 - Concussion or wobbly legs or other injury
90 - drives head into boards
80 - clear redirection of player to boards
60 - one stride contact into boards
50 - trip like contact generates boarding
20-40 - incidental contact into boards
0 - no contact
Charging
100 - Concussion or wobbly legs
90 - 3 strides into hit
70 - 2 strides into hit
20-60 - incidental/accidental contact
0 - no contact
Cross Checking
100 - Hard crosscheck to face
90 - crosscheck to lower back bending upper body backwards
70 - moves player with crosscheck
60 - crosscheck to shoulders
20-40 - pushing with stick in scrum
0 - no contact
Goalie Interference
100 - Runs over goalie with no attempt at avoidance
90 - clear swinging body part to move goalie
70 - intentionally trips goalie
60 - backs into goalie
20-40 - brushes goalie while skating by
0 - no contact
High Sticking
100 - Swings stick intentionally to make contact (see Chris Simon)
90 - draws blood
80 - stick under visor
70 - stick contact causes head to noticeably jerk away
50-60 - clear contact with stick
20-40 - slight contact with stick
0 - no contact
Holding
100 - take down
90 - spins opponent, at least 180
70-80 - arm over or grab with significant impedance
50-60 - some impedance
40 - grabs, but no impedance
20 - looks like grab but not really
0 - no contact
Hooking
100 - take down
90 - dramatically changes stride of opponent
70-80 - impedes opponent either in stride or prevents natural hand motion of stick
50-60 - some impedance of hands or stride
40 - stick across mid-section - no impedance
20 - stick across hands - no impedance
0 - no contact
Interference
100 - take down
90 - stops opponent for more than 3 secs, more than 3 secs after puck is away
80 - stops opponent but releases within 3 secs
70 - pick play with absolute stoppage of opponent
50-60 - bumps opponent away from puck
40 - pick play with opponent bump
20 - incidental contact
0 - no contact
Slashing
100 - Slash causes cut or has good potential to break bones
90 - hard swinging motion with contact at hands or legs
90 - breaks stick or knocks stick out of hands (beware of embellishment from fouled player)
70-80 - moderate swing at legs or hands
50-60 - taps hands with stick
20-40 - minor contact on stick swing
0 - no contact
Tripping
100 - hooks ankles or skates and pulls (intentional) or intentionally leg whips feet
90 - corkscrews opponent
70-80 - unintentional but definite stick in skates or leg trip
50-60 - pushes skates or leg with stick
40 - stick touches skates
20- opponent steps on stick
0 - no contact
Glossary and Abbreviations
DCS (Easy) - Don't Call S*** otherwise known as swallowing the whistle PWS (Kritter-temp until she gives a better one) - Showing the testosterone confrontation Ice Capades Moment - ICM(Easy) - Smoothly backskating a turn with eyes on puck or otherwise demonstrating deft skating like leaping over a puck while quickly skating in a straight line (see Dwyer) - this term is not meant for speed in skating OC (Easy) - Off Camera NR (Dugray) - No Replay DOG - Delay of Game POG - Puck Over Glass TZ - Takes Zone, referee in offensive zone for team with powerplay NZ - Neutral Zone OZ - Offensive Zone (applies to player referenced) DZ - Defensive Zone (applies to player referenced) TMM - Too Many Men Lead - Ref in active zone or ahead of play going into zone Trail - Ref in neutral zone or trailing play Calling Score (Easy) - calling infractions only on team that is ahead on scoreboard, ignoring infractions on team that is trailing GNC (Wedge) - Good non-call NSL (Easy) - No sight line (ref screened from play) CPG - Calls per game, average calls per game for a specific ref ACPG - Calls per game that result in power plays
This is the ratings table using data from the 2009-10 season. The ratings are here to give a snapshot of the each ref's style and a comparison to other refs in the league.
Ref Basics
#
Name
Call Level
Skating
Positioning
Notes
15
Auger, Stephane
tight
D
B
N/A
44
Banfield, David
moderate
A
A
N/A
46
Charron, Francis
N/A
N/A
N/A
talker
41
Ciamaga, Chris
moderate
C
C
looks off puck a lot, not reading play, talker
10
Devorski, Paul
moderate
D
B
even tempered
19
Dwyer, Gord
moderate
A
A
talker
27
Furlatt, Eric
tight
C
B
good on off the puck
2
Hasenfratz, Mike
moderate
C
C
good on off the puck
49
Hebert, Ghislain
tight
C-
B-
talker
43
Hebert, Jean
?
?
?
8
Jackson, Dave
moderate
C
B
N/A
25
Joannette, Marc
moderate
B-
A
game to game erratic on call level
18
Kimmerly, Greg
moderate
C
C
N/A
32
Kowal, Tom
moderate
D
D
N/A
40
Kozari, Steve
moderate
C
B
talker
14
LaRue, Dennis
loose
F
F
no time for extracurriculars, authoritarian
17
L'Ecuyer, Frederick
moderate
C
B
short fuse
28
Lee, Chris
moderate
C+
B
short fuse
3
Leggo, Mike
loose
D
C
erratic
26
Martell, Rob
moderate
C-
C-
good for working trail, erratic
4
McCauley, Wes
loose
B
A
liked by players
7
McCreary, Bill
moderate
F
F
erratic
34
Meier, Brad
moderate
D
C
N/A
36
Morton, Dean
moderate
A
A
N/A
13
O'Halloran, Dan
moderate
C-
C
erratic, not good on safety calls
9
O'Rourke, Dan
tight*
B
B
N/A
20
Peel, Tim
moderate
C
B
talker
16
Pochmara, Brian
moderate
C
C
Call quality?, erratic
33
Pollock, Kevin
loose
C-
B
talker, gets revenge matches, safety?
37
Rehman, Kyle
moderate
A
A
N/A
5
Rooney, Chris
tight
A
A
N/A
38
St. Laurent, Francois
loose
D
B
erratic, looks off the puck a lot
12
St. Pierre, Justin
tight
D
B
Call quality?, talker
11
Sutherland, Kelly
loose
A-
A-
talker, protects goalies
21
Van Massenhoven, Don
moderate
F
F
no instigators, gets revenge matches
45
Vinnerborg, Marcus
?
?
?
24
Walkom, Stephen
loose
C
C
even tempered
29
Walsh, Ian
moderate
C-
C
Does not read well, but can skate
23
Watson, Brad
moderate
B
A-
talker
Call level is based on ACPG through November. Above 8.7 is tight, below 7.3 is loose. Observational modifications are noted with an asterisk.
Location and Other Stuff
#
Name
Division
Control
Swallows?
Home
Score
Safety
15
Auger, Stephane
Cen
No
Yes
Maybe
Maybe
tight
44
Banfield, David
sub
No
Maybe
Maybe
No
moderate
46
Charron, Francis
sub
?
?
?
?
41
Ciamaga, Chris
sub
No*
No
Maybe
No
moderate
10
Devorski, Paul
Atl
Maybe
Yes
No
Yes
loose
19
Dwyer, Gord
SE
Maybe
Yes
Maybe
No
moderate
27
Furlatt, Eric
NE
No
Yes
Maybe
No
tight
30
Hasenfratz, Mike
Atl
Maybe*
No*
No
?
moderate*
49
Hebert, Ghislain
sub
Yes
Yes
No
No
moderate
43
Hebert, Jean
sub
?
?
?
?
?
8
Jackson, Dave
Atl
No
No
Maybe
No
moderate
25
Joannette, Marc
NE
Maybe
Maybe
Maybe
Yes
moderate
18
Kimmerly, Greg
NE
Yes
No
Maybe
Maybe
moderate
32
Kowal, Tom
NW
No
Maybe
Maybe
Maybe
loose
40
Kozari, Steve
Cen
Maybe
No
Yes
Yes
loose
14
LaRue, Dennis
NW
No
Yes
Maybe
Yes
loose
17
L'Ecuyer, Frederick
sub
No
No
No
Yes
moderate
28
Lee, Chris
NW
Yes
No
Maybe
Yes
tight
3
Leggo, Mike
Pac
No
Yes
Maybe
No
loose
26
Martell, Rob
SE
Maybe
Yes
Yes
Maybe
moderate
4
McCauley, Wes
NE
No
Maybe
Maybe
Maybe
loose
7
McCreary, Bill
Pac
Yes
Yes*
Maybe
Maybe
moderate
34
Meier, Brad
NW
maybe
Yes
Maybe
No
moderate
36
Morton, Dean
SE
maybe
Yes
Maybe
Yes
loose
13
O'Halloran, Dan
Flat
Maybe
No
Maybe
Maybe
moderate
9
O'Rourke, Dan
SE
No
Maybe
Maybe
Yes
tight*
20
Peel, Tim
SE-Cen
maybe
No
Maybe
Maybe
moderate
16
Pochmara, Brian
Flat
No
Yes
Maybe
Maybe
loose
33
Pollock, Kevin
NE
maybe
Yes
Maybe
Maybe
moderate
37
Rehman, Kyle
sub
No*
Yes
No
Maybe
tight
5
Rooney, Chris
NW
No
Maybe
Maybe
Maybe
moderate
38
St. Laurent, Francois
?
Yes
Yes
Maybe
Maybe
loose
12
St. Pierre, Justin
Pac
Maybe
Yes
Maybe
Yes
loose
11
Sutherland, Kelly
Atl
Yes*
Yes
Maybe
Maybe
moderate
21
Van Massenhoven, Don
Flat
Maybe
Yes
Maybe
Maybe
moderate
45
Vinnerborg, Marcus
sub
?
?
?
?
?
24
Walkom, Stephen
Cen
Yes
Yes
Maybe
Yes
loose
29
Walsh, Ian
Flat
Yes
Yes
Maybe
No
loose
23
Watson, Brad
Pac
Yes
Yes
Maybe
Maybe
tight
The categories in the second table start with Home Division, it will be bolded if the ref has a large number of games there. Flat is for a ref with no dominant division although he may have lesser numbers for a couple of divisions. The second heading is Control. For the time being control will be base on matching penalties or the differential between CPG and ACPG. There are other factors that are added and the table rating changed (like misconducts called) and marked with an asterisk. Yes for a controlling ref, maybe for moderate, No for issues with control. Basic rating is Yes for a 2.3 differential or less, No for 3.0 differential and above. The Third category is whistle swallowing in the third period (Yes, Yes, No, Maybe), bold means swallows a lot. Whistle swallowing behavior is derived from the table of obstruction calls by period. It almost exactly matches observations. Less than 5% drop off equals No, 5-10% equals maybe, 10-20% equals yes, over 20% equals "Will the hockey gods please help us". The statistical significance of swallowing is way up over last year. The next column is if the ref tends to give advantage to the home team. Any ref calling more than 8% in favor of the home team will be tagged with a Yes, -4% to 8% Maybe, under -4% No. There is a significant statistical change to the good in this behavior to the point that it is almost negligible. Maybe is a good score for a ref in this category. Everyone should thank Goose for publishing the issue last year. A new category is added, it is score calling. It appears to have the potential for being a major issue. Does the ref call a majority of penalties against the team in the lead while disregarding infractions by the trailing team. The differential is somewhat masked by matching penalties but can be large. A ref who calls less against the team in the lead will be marked with a No, 0-6% Maybe, 6-10% Yes and above 10% bolded Yes. Safety is based on safety calls per game. Below 2.0 is loose, above 2.7 is tight. All observational upgrades will be marked with an asterisk.
Checking the NHL Officials Association website, see they've added several names of new referees who will split time between AHL and NHL: Darcy Burchell, Mark Lemelin, Matt MacPherson, Graham Skileter. They haven't even been assigned numbers as yet.
I can't tell if any of the part-timers from last season have been promoted to full-time.
It appears that Chris Ciamaga has been dropped from the ref roster. He was an AHL/NHL ref, not full time. Mike Hasenfratz is still listed although I have not seen him in a pre-season listing. They have yet to designate a promotion to replace Bill McCreary. All vet refs that did not appear as subs for the playoffs, Auger, Martell and Dwyer, are still listed.
AHL referee roster:
44 David Banfield
22 Geno Binda
86 Chris Brown
39 Boone Bruggman
42 Darcy Burchell
46 Francis Charron
24 Chris Ciamaga
18 Chris Cozzan
87 Ian Croft
31 Shaun Davis
51 Dan Dreger
48 Tudor Floru
14 Ryan Fraser
43 Jean Hebert
46 Ryan Hersey
40 Keith Kaval
66 Matt Kirk
52 Trent Knorr
84 Jamie Koharski
10 Terry Koharski
35 Nick Krebsbach
77 Fred LeBlanc
41 Mark Lemelin
16 Dave Lewis
47 T.J. Luxmore
78 Curtis Marouelli
19 Tim Mayer
39 Jon McIsaac
17 J.M. McNulty
28 Geoff Miller
80 Brent Montsion
5 Ryan Murphy
48 Steve Papp
85 Steve Patafie
42 Jarrod Ragusin
37 Jason Rollins
48 Graham Skilliter
49 Jeff Smith
38 Joe Sullivan
11 Andy Thiessen
45 Marcus Vinnerborg
89 Zac Wiebe
65 Derek Zalaski
It appears that Chris Ciamaga has been dropped from the ref roster. He was an AHL/NHL ref, not full time. Mike Hasenfratz is still listed although I have not seen him in a pre-season listing. They have yet to designate a promotion to replace Bill McCreary. All vet refs that did not appear as subs for the playoffs, Auger, Martell and Dwyer, are still listed.
Hastenfratz has returned. He worked a full preseason schedule and has switched to Kerry Frasers #2.
Copying this post from the old thread:
Checking the NHL Officials Association website, see they've added several names of new referees who will split time between AHL and NHL: Darcy Burchell, Mark Lemelin, Matt MacPherson, Graham Skileter. They haven't even been assigned numbers as yet.
I can't tell if any of the part-timers from last season have been promoted to full-time.
Edit: Oops, just realized you'd already posted this earlier. I should really pay more attention!
Last edited by Dowisetrepla: 10-06-2011 at 11:08 PM.
Hastenfratz has returned. He worked a full preseason schedule and has switched to Kerry Frasers #2.
Thanks for the heads up. It was a heart issue and it is good to hear that he has finally recovered.
They are still short by one of a full ref roster of 33. They carried Hasenfratz as one of the 33 but 33 is a mandate so they still have to promote one.
Thanks for the heads up. It was a heart issue and it is good to hear that he has finally recovered.
They are still short by one of a full ref roster of 33. They carried Hasenfratz as one of the 33 but 33 is a mandate so they still have to promote one.
According to the media guide I got, its Ghislain Hebert. He is listed with the regulars now.
According to the media guide I got, its Ghislain Hebert. He is listed with the regulars now.
Thanks.
Just FYI, Auger is the one who updates the officials' site. He is frequently behind the eightball. Only thing is that I can't imagine who would do the updates if he wasn't around (VanM?).
Checking the NHL Officials Association website, see they've added several names of new referees who will split time between AHL and NHL: Darcy Burchell, Mark Lemelin, Matt MacPherson, Graham Skileter. They haven't even been assigned numbers as yet.
I can't tell if any of the part-timers from last season have been promoted to full-time.
It appears Matt MacPherson is actually a Linesman, he worked the FLA/PIT game on Versus tonight, he's #85
I would bet real money that a hooking memo went out around the beginning of the season. I've seen a good 4-5 "parallel but minimal impedance" calls in the first three Dallas games.
I would bet real money that a hooking memo went out around the beginning of the season. I've seen a good 4-5 "parallel but minimal impedance" calls in the first three Dallas games.
It looks like all obstruction. From what I have seen of the hooks, the benchmark seems as if it touches the hands that it is off to the box. I wonder if it is the absence of Campbell as Gregson is the full supervisor now. Shanahan only covers the safety issues. Try and pick up on whether it is the vet refs calling the hooks; I haven't noted it yet. Sometimes, it is only the youngsters being aggressive which is different from the memo emphases.
The only ref I picked up on was O'Halloran was definitely calling the hooks tight.
ETA: And Meier, who still hasn't worked on his skating or positioning it seems like, was all over the marginal hold call tonight (that or he went super overboard with the makeups on both sides). Both teams several times. Rehman wasn't bad, did a good job of skating and communicating with his linesmen.
Last edited by Kritter471: 10-14-2011 at 02:20 AM.
It looks like all obstruction. From what I have seen of the hooks, the benchmark seems as if it touches the hands that it is off to the box. I wonder if it is the absence of Campbell as Gregson is the full supervisor now. Shanahan only covers the safety issues. Try and pick up on whether it is the vet refs calling the hooks; I haven't noted it yet. Sometimes, it is only the youngsters being aggressive which is different from the memo emphases.
what exactly is campbells position with the nhl at this time?
Just FYI, Auger is the one who updates the officials' site. He is frequently behind the eightball. Only thing is that I can't imagine who would do the updates if he wasn't around (VanM?).
Yeah, as of today still no updates on their website. As others have mentioned, Hasenfratz is back and has switched to #2, Ghislain Hebert is now full-time and is now #22 (Stewart's old #). And Matt MacPherson is still listed as a referee, instead of a linesman #85.
