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| Alex Burrows Sticks It To Stephane Auger |
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NHL Referee Facing Possible Demotion For Questionable Calls
After this recent incident involving Burrows and the allegation that Auger made two "phantom" penalty calls against the feisty Vancouver player, the referree is at risk of disciplinary action from the NHL and the NHLOA (National Hockey League Officials Association). It is quite possible that as a result of his actions, Auger could lose one of his stripes. The NHL referees are identified by the bright-orange armbands on their traditional black and white striped uniforms. These bands distinguish the refs from the linesmen, under-officials who are designated with the menial tasks of hockey officiating, such as fetching and retrieving pucks, patching ice holes, and cleaning the spit out of referees' whistles during intermissions. Fortunately for Auger, the loss of one stripe is unlikely to be noticable on his uniform, however one of the vertical black or white sections will appear to be twice as thick as the rest. Support for the official is mixed, however many are confident that the referee will make it through this controversy unscathed, as there is a history of those named Auger (pronounced O.J.) practically getting away with murder. Hockey HistoryThe National Hockey League has always let the officials and player police themselves, a practice that goes back over 100 years when officials who made unfavourable calls were given the "cement skates" treatment, and forced to skate on thin ice on the various outdoor rinks and ponds used at the time. In 1988, several of the NHL referees starting wearing black hockey helmets as the result of an unruly fan throwing a beer bottle at an official after a bad call. The fan was fined $100 as there was still beer in the bottle. |
VANCOUVER-- The National Hockey is considering investigating the allegations of Vancouver Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows against referee Stephane Auger for the questionable officiating calls made by the ref during the third period of the hockey game on January 11, 2010 against the Nashville Predators.
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