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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Oddly enough, when you were talking about an incompetent referee, Skilliter wasn't the name that popped into my head... I didn't hear the game last night, but I presume you are talking about the delay of game penalty that Wright took in the 2nd? Was that a puck over the glass call? If so, a second referee probably wouldn't have changed it, as there were already three officials who felt it was a penalty. A fourth probably wouldn't have changed their opinion.
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The reason that a second referee would have made a difference is that Skilliter didn't see the play. He went over to the lineman who clearly was unsure of what happened and then they decided to give the penalty. With the two referee system it is likely that one of the two refs would have seen the play and been able to make the right call.
In this case it wasn't three sets of eyes as it was one guy who at the time didn't realize that he was going to have to end up making the call.
On the play the puck was just outside the zone and looked like it was tipped out as well.
With a two ref system it is a ref making the call on the spot not a lineman trying to remembre what happened after Skilliter came over to ask him.
I usually think Skilliter is pretty good. Last night he made some bonehead calls, but what WHL ref doesn't. The incompetent comment wasn't meant for him specifically but the general incompetence of WHL referees overall.
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Speaking of Wright, how did he do in the fight against Burgart? From what I've seen of Rigby, he's not going to get in many fights after the halfway point of the season. He's just about destroyed everyone he's fought so far.
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It wasn't much of a fight as there weren't many clean shots thrown before they went to the ice. Bugart jumped Wright from behind after Wright made a big, clean hit. Wright clearly got more shots in maybe 3-4 to Bugarts 0-1 and would have to be declared the "winner" but it was mainly just them being tied up more than anything.