For those that don't know I referee ice hockey and have been doing so for 9 years. I did a game in Cardiff on Saturday and assessed the highest number of penalties in my whole Career.
It was English National League Cardiff v Streatham. It was a nice quiet game, the teams lined up for the handshakes at the end, all going well until a Streatham player has a go at a junior Cardiff player and the Cardiff 'enforcer' takes exception and a scuffle begins, which turns into a fight, which turns into other players trying to pull them apart, which turns into those players fighting, which turns into multiple fights all over the ice and even a women spectator trying to get on the ice!!
I have two linesmen trying their best to break it up and me with my notepad recording more number than a bingo card!!
The result 18 match bans, 16 players and two coaches, now bearing in mind a game is only 60 minutes long played time I gave out ... wait for it....
For those that don't know I referee ice hockey and have been doing so for 9 years. I did a game in Cardiff on Saturday and assessed the highest number of penalties in my whole Career.
It was English National League Cardiff v Streatham. It was a nice quiet game, the teams lined up for the handshakes at the end, all going well until a Streatham player has a go at a junior Cardiff player and the Cardiff 'enforcer' takes exception and a scuffle begins, which turns into a fight, which turns into other players trying to pull them apart, which turns into those players fighting, which turns into multiple fights all over the ice and even a women spectator trying to get on the ice!!
I have two linesmen trying their best to break it up and me with my notepad recording more number than a bingo card!!
The result 18 match bans, 16 players and two coaches, now bearing in mind a game is only 60 minutes long played time I gave out ... wait for it....
553 minutes in penalties!!