This was the third Liberty University Ice Hockey game I attended this year and probably the best for action and second worse for officiating...
Liberty Flames Division 3 was playing Radford Highlanders with the first period being very close and Radford going up by one goal.
Unfortunately for the next two periods the Radford team was playing "5 on 8" hockey for pretty much the rest of the game the Ref's were obviously on the Liberty team...
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Going into the three games I saw this year I never favored one team over another except for the Liberty vs. VMI where I looked forward to seeing the VMI team for the first time. The Liberty \ VMI game had great action and ended with Liberty up 11 to 6 but unfortunately the officiating in this game also broke down and was one sided many times... In fact there was an individual in the crowd asking the Ref several times what year did he graduate Liberty?......
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LaHaye Ice Center is a great place to watch a game for it is small and possible to stand at the glass on the second level and look down at the Ice during play. Great opportunity to watch a game up close and pick up things that are hard to see seated far away from the action. With that you are able to see many things happen that you don't get to see within the limited viewing area of a monitor or TV screen including many of the hits and actions that often result in fights and penalties...
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This even resulted with almost everybody seeing the Liberty forward take a shot at the Radford Goalie with the puck and after the shot was blocked take another shot at the goalie with a cross check that put the goalie into the net and crossbar. A shot hard enough to put the goalie into the net, knock it off its moorings, and put the goalie down on the ice for a considerable amount of time. This resulted in a melee that put a total of 5 players into the penalty boxes but only the Liberty forward serving 2 minutes for a cheap shot that should have resulted in a ejection from the game....
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Still a good game and enjoyed having the opportunity to see a live game with some good action by guys who want to play some hockey. Liberty and LaHaye will be hosting some playoff games not yet determined or announced but when they are I suggest you attempt to make a game before the season is over....
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2 comments:
Hey I am a player from Radford and just wanted to let you know i really enjoyed reading this. I'm glad were not crazy and other people notice the biased refs. Thanks for coming out and hope to hear from you again.
I was at the Liberty VMI game awhile back and I thought the guy next to me was going over the glass on several of the Ref calls that happened. Being Ref can't be easy and they can't see all of the calls but this was obvious. I understand you guys will be in the playoffs and hope to catch your next game there....
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