Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:29 am
Just to emphasize a point being made about refs enforcing the physical play, or lack thereof, I was at a PW game the other night and after the play was stopped (a blocked shot on goal) and 5 feet in front of the ref a kid from "Team A" through a punch that hit the head of a player from "Team B." The ref say it all and simply skated up between the players to break them apart. That was it.
You can teach these kids all you want in practice about proper technique and everything else, but if thid kind of contact (hits to the head or checks from behind where most of the injuries occur) are going to be marginally enforced by the refs, what's the point. That kid should have been immediately ejected from the game, it should have been noted ont eh score sheet that he threw a punch, and then have to deal with the consequences from d6. Big discouragement when the ref skates between them to break it up.
You can teach these kids all you want in practice about proper technique and everything else, but if thid kind of contact (hits to the head or checks from behind where most of the injuries occur) are going to be marginally enforced by the refs, what's the point. That kid should have been immediately ejected from the game, it should have been noted ont eh score sheet that he threw a punch, and then have to deal with the consequences from d6. Big discouragement when the ref skates between them to break it up.