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Originally Posted by Super-Rye
I hadn't seen a game in this series yet, and I went to the game last night thinking that the reffing couldn't be as bad as some have suggested to me...it was worse. Hitman players who didn't have the puck were molested and hauled down all night without one penalty called. At one point I watched a Warrior slash a Hitman's stick right out of his hands in front of the ref, no call. Yet the Hitmen were penalized (some good calls, some question marks like the hip check) until the 3rd period when one ref started to call the Warriors on some of their crap.
The Warrior are playing like Bush Leaguers out there and are apparently allowed to play like that. Either way I think the Hitmen have this series if they keep playing like they did last night. They looked really pissed off last night and started to take it out on the Warrior players with some big hits.
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That's exactly it. The boxscore the next day does not really illustrate how bad the officiating has been in this series. You have to witness it in person. The Hitmen get charging/clipping penalties for solid checks, the Warriors don't. It throws the Hitmen off their game because they cannot play as physical as they want while their opponents can continue to play as physical as they want. The calls have a much more dramatic effect on the game than merely the PP time alloted.