nowlan19

Where the hell was your partner on that first one? Or were you banding it in 3man?

I'm pissed as a ref just reading that story. I've shown people the door for much less. The job is 100% easier when your partners have your back.

Quasi-related anecdote: I was lining a heated high school game once, and after a play that Team A wasn't happy about I was in front of their bench for the next drop. As I'm about to release the line to my partner, I feel cold water running down the back of my leg. A brief moment of "oh no you didn't" and play transitioned so I was off to the other blue line. A few minutes later while returning the puck on an icing, I made the briefest of mentions of what happened to the low official while exiting the zone. He also had a brief moment of "oh no you didn't" before immediately proceeding to the top of the referee's crease and assessing a bench minor.

He isn't even a guy that I skate with terribly often, but his lack of hesitation in that moment guaranteed that he'll have my respect forever.