A Ref's #1 mandate is to keep control of a safe game.
2nd Mandate is to enforce the rules.
This may sound wrong but making every single call, or giving a team 4 or 5 power plays in a row is a good was to loss control. Basically if you are about to give a team a 3rd or 4th straight penalty especially in the same period, it sure as hell better be a good one. Where calling a bit of a softy on a team that is well in the lead or has consistently been on the power play is less likely to make emotions boil over.
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