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Recap: Penguins 6 Islanders 3, always something as Hamonic ejected on bogus call
Well, things started off on the right foot. The Islanders got off to the early lead they'd like to see, they were physical, skating and Al Montoya was looking good in the net. They were getting calls and were working hard...what could possibly go wrong? Well, their number one defenceman...
Off Topic: In defense of Jim Joyce and the fallibility of on-field officials
About a year ago, I wrote a piece expressing disdain at NHL referees and linesmen, as well as their boss at the time. I labeled them Club Two-Minutes and slammed the pomposity, arrogance, and the lack of accountability among them. Yesterday in Major League Baseball, there was a little event in...
Club Two-Minutes: Bad Calls and Zero Accountability
It was like a bad memory coming back to haunt and effect, years and years after the original incident took place. Just when you thought you had moved away from having to dwell on such malignancies, another incident occurs that juts that past experience right back into your train of thought. Yet...
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