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frozennie86 karma

My understanding is this: goaltender interference is when a player of the attacking team deliberately interferes with the goaltender's ability to make the save, OR if the attacking player makes no attempt to stop themselves from making contact with the goalie after being hit/pushed. So if the defending player hits the attacking player into their goalie, the attacking player has to at least make a visible attempt to TRY and not hit the goalie.

That being said, I have NO fucking idea what the NHL review is doing with the goaltender interference at times. I can't predict is any better than you could! Remember that the NHL is a game, but it's also an entertainment industry - they want the games to be exciting and get people talking.

frozennie72 karma

I was a bit disappointed, but not surprised. The American women are much, much faster than the Canadians and its especially evident on the Olympic sized ice and the Americans have been winning the world series against Canada for the past few years. I thought the officiating for that game was average. Nearly all of the penalties Canada got were deserved and showed a lack of discipline, and there was maybe only one I saw that was let go against the Americans. Anyone blaming the loss on the officials hasn't been paying attention to how the Americans have been steadily getting better and better over the years.

frozennie55 karma

Nah, not really. Although women's hockey can generally get heated, it usually doesn't get anywhere near as intense as men's hockey does. If it's a particularly rough or high stakes game the women might call each other bitches, but in a men's game it's pretty much a given that somebody's gonna say they fucked somebody else's mom or something of that nature. In general women's games are a lot "tamer" than men's. There are still are intense women's games with lots of chirps, they're just few and far between.

frozennie52 karma

Kind of both, actually - I still love watching hockey, but I mostly watch the officials when I watch. Watching hockey with my fellow officials is best because we all do that, whereas if I watch with someone who isn't an official they get annoyed with me trying to discuss every call made and let go.

frozennie43 karma

Probably because men have been playing competitive hockey for longer, have better elite hockey programs and coaches, and have way more players overall, but mostly because in general men are taller, stronger, and faster than women. Obviously.

The Canadian Women Olympic team has been playing high school boys teams for many years as prep & practice for them, as there are no other female teams for them to play of that caliber. It's a great arrangement that gives the boys an opportunity to try a game that focuses a bit more on puck play since they can't hit for that game, keeps the women in good practice, and generally the games are played in smaller communities that don't get to see any sort of high profile games often, so it often attracts a large crowd and fundraises for the town's local hockey community. I've officiated in these games and they're always very fun for everyone involved.