Jaxonian

Do you ever run out of ideas? Like go into the office and have a day where you just watch YouTube or don't have anything you are working on / new projects to dig into?

Do you ever catch yourself being influenced by the crowd or any favoritism for a team or even a player if you are familiar with them? I always see the refs talking with players before games and smiling/joking around.. and recently in a game I was watching the audio caught the ref saying one of the players made a great pass (right after the pass and before any stoppage!). Seems like it would be hard to be completely unbiased.

As a follow up! If you do think you get a call wrong.. are you more inclined to give one the other way to even it out?

Thanks for doing he AMA!

You're probably gone by now.. so thanks for the AMA, I love the insight into your world but in case you're still here, your answers peaked another interest from me..

Are there specific rules you don't agree with / don't like to call that you are more relaxed about calling? Also.. do you take the differences between players into account when deciding whats a penalty / do you maybe put away the whistle when something is deserved? For example.. Clayton Keller (5'10" 170lb) pushed Brenden Dillon (6'4" 225lb) from behind in the middle of the ice after Dillon hit him and then played a bit of keep away with his stick and kinda being a dick. video starts at 37 seconds in. Sharks announcers seemed to think it was a huge penalty that got missed. I see it more as a little on ice justice for Dillon pretty intentionally taking the stick away and not a good penalty to call. Curious from a ref's point of view.