eye patch off, Sat night was fine not too many called but went both ways,

Sun night well, look players dont mind a bad game from the ref as it happens to all of us if your going to have an off night go both ways be aware of the surroundings in play and out of, more the out of.

We need to realise that two good teams, the games are going to be close, they are going to be physical, emotions are going to run high, those factors need to be considered for as factors when reffing, we could look clinical and say things are clear cut black and white, but they are not and everything is viewed differently, for instance

#10 tripped from behind on a breakaway

call 1  no call
call 2  penalty
call 3 penalty shot
Stampede got call 2, devils wanted call 1 Stampede wanted call 3

Plod games thus far i have been impressed with the best year for refs yet allowing flow and calling evenly that one not the best yet and thats my veiw with with no eye patch

interesting the fact tha the Stampede was before this wekend the least penilized team in the league by far way look at the round 5 stats going against the most penilized team hmm.

Vpatrol have a chat to Soffer, Loz, Oak, Harrap they will agree shots were taken by both teams smack talk was done by both team no one person stood out from each other on this front. They will also saypenilties were one sided but we will take it who wouldnt.

I know know for a fact that Stampede have worked on a different style of play which is why it wasnt as physical as playing the swarm both teams could agree on that.

The ref didnt see everything such is life that is hockey devils took advantge of that any good team would   

Plod 16 – Refs didnt see, once the whistle was blown Edan cross checked a 15 year old in the back of the head putting him to the ice, he was not targeted at all by anyone. He just got what he gave less actually.

Ask anyone sitting in the crowd down that end

if the red devils are happy to give up two home games to play at tekapo the other team will come, but someone has to give up a home game round to have this there.

Rangers scored first in the early stages of the game, they looked still hung over from the night before, Bull tar scored one back though a nice shot.

2nd period
Both teams worked hard for the upper hand Rangers had more possesion, but Bulltars scored shot from the point and it deflected off someones stick and when in.

3rd period
about 5 five mins in Bulltars dumped the puck in goalie miss judged and puck went straight in score 3-1 no one was really hitting each other untill a bulltar smoked Kevin Barr knocking him out ambulance was called there was a wait for 30mins for him to removed from the ice was rushed to invers for a CT scan
13min to go Rangers were all over the bulltars not really leaving there defensive zone, the rangers looked like they couldnt finish well i should say they wernt shooting

Good game looked like the Bulltars came to play the Rangers were there for a boozey weekend

Shame Queenstown didnt take a strong team this members from the Stampede let there club team down, good to see others step up though