Oh last year when we met Greg Shepherd in the Bar Greg must have been drunk because was saying a lot of stuff that made you shake your head, kind like damn should you be telling us this. Shepherd said that Jutting spends a lot of time whining to the refs and basically said if he shut his mouth and worried more about coaching spent less time complaining to the refs he would do a better job. I think we are at the cross roads in the WCHA, the tipping point; I do believe that McClown is going to have a tough time getting his contract renewed. I also think that the refs in this league deserve all of the criticism they get from the fans.
I have never seen officiating as bad as it is in the league, it has deteriorated over the last 5 years to a point of being really ridiculous. The WCHA has almost become unwatchable compared to the NHL. Why is it a player that barely scores 30 points in the WCHA can become a 2nd line forward in the NHL and be a legit candidate for the Calder trophy? It is the style the refs are deciding to allow in the WCHA.
At the drop of the puck last night in the Gophers and MSU-M game I watched a least 5 examples of obstruction by both teams go uncalled. What they hell are they focusing on? Todd Anderson is almost as bad as Don Adam.
I watched a Gopher tie up the Maverick player on the face off, then I saw the Maverick player do a can opener on the Gopher forward. Then I saw numerous obstruction tackles in all ends of the ice. The refs in this league are joke. I saw it last weekend during the DU and UND series.