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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
I know you are a real fan, moon, but given your own fan base's historical level of support, I'm not sure you should be trashing others as being bandwagoners.
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I don't think Lethbridge are bandwagoners so much as overall crappy supporters. The attendence didn't rise all that much more for the play-offs last season. There was a bump but most of the city likely didn't know/care about what was going on.
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As far as the officiating goes, Chris Savage was one of the zebras. Given he missed an obvious penalty shot last night, it's kinda hard to argue his incompetence is deliberate.
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Savage of course is likely the main culprit but it does get annoying watching Vancouver games over the past 3 years and seeing them consistently get the majority of the calls and not getting calls against them. I don't think it is the WHL think as that would be nuts but I do think that Hay intimidates the refs more than any other coach and that can effect the way the game is called at times.
Tonight was particularly frustrating as Van is obviously a good team and the Canes are down 2-0 early on because of two terrible calls within about 15 seconds. The first period was fairly even and yet the Canes are almost done against a top team because of stupid reffing.
I still think that Vancouver gets a bigger benefit from the refs than others but really should have focused my anger on Savage who is useless and terrible out there.