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their main cogs back in the lineup. Russell Westbrook had 28 points, eight
rebounds and eight assists and the Thunder routed the Phoenix Suns 112-88 on
Sunday night. Kevin Durant posted 23 points and eight boards for the Thunder,
who are 6-1 since he returned from offseason foot surgery, winning the last six.
Gerald Green tallied 15 points and seven boards to lead Phoenix, which has lost
five straight games. After Green hit a 3-pointer to get the Suns within 12-9
early in the first quarter, the Thunder went on a 9-3 run to create some
distance. Westbrook netted the final five points during the flurry, including a
three- point play to cap it and stake the Thunder to a 21-12 lead midway through
the first. Reggie Jacksons jumper at the first-quarter buzzer helped the Thunder
take a 41-29 cushion into the second. They opened the second on a 13-4 surge to
take a commanding advantage. Kendrick Perkins hook shot concluded the burst and
gave the Thunder a 54-33 lead. The Thunder led 70-48 at the break, 89-64 after
three and cruised to the easy triumph in the fourth. Game Notes The Thunder held
a commanding 63-40 rebounding edge and a 50-40 margin on points in the paint ...
Oklahoma City was 30-of-34 from the foul line ... The Thunder shot 48.8 percent
from the floor and held Phoenix to 34.3 percent from the field.
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on Tuesday for racist comments the league says he made in a recorded
conversation. Nash, who plays for the rival L.A. Lakers, spoke as a
representative of current NBA players at a press conference assembled by
Sacramento mayor and National Basketball Players Association adviser Kevin
Johnson.
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Garza Brewers Jersey .ca. Hi Kerry, Welcome back! Im sure you heard
Peter Forsbergs comments last week regarding Canadian referees in the gold medal
game. Seems to me that he was questioning the integrity and impartiality.
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and has been punished for using a disrespectful expression toward the fourth
official and throwing the contents of a bottle of water at him, thus assuming an
intimidating attitude.Got a question on rule clarification, comments on rule
enforcements or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry wants to answer your emails at
[email protected]. Kerry, Sorry to say, but in two of the last three Senators games
its blatantly obvious who the referees are pulling for. Calling penalties on
Milan Michalek for grabbing a guy after the St. Louis Blues did it for two full
periods without a call and then that horrible call on Bobby Ryan for holding his
stick the proper way and Steen obviously skating into it. Terrible officiating
and its obvious to us fans watching on TV. Im getting to the point of shutting
it off completely and trying basketball, where I know they will call terrible
penalties but on both teams! Dr. Adam Hoirch --- Hi Kerry, I was curious about
if referees review their own calls/non calls in the intermission. In watching
the Ottawa/St. Louis game last night I have to say there were some calls that
seemed unwarranted against the Senators and some non-calls against for the Blues
that seemed to be blatant. Ive seen games where it appears the refs give a soft
call to the team that has been wrongly punished, but that wasnt the case last
night. With the Blues getting over nine minutes of power play time including a
full two minutes of 5-on-3 while the Senators got only 37 seconds of total power
play time it is hard to imagine any attempt was made to balance unfair or missed
calls. Do the refs really try to make amends for errors or do they just forge
on? Cheers,Scott --- Bobby Ryan received an elbowing penalty in the first period
of the Ottawa-St. Louis game. Alex Steen ran into Ryan. Can you explain what
Ryan did wrong? Thanks,Greg Moffatt --- Hi, Many have probably heard of the
Senators vs. Blues game. It was pretty obvious all the calls were one-sided, at
a point that I was expecting a supervisor coming down during the intermission
and talking to the guys. The Senators were called on cases were the Blues did
exactly the same thing, on multiple occasions, with the ref right there smiling
with both hands down. As a Senators fan and hockey fan, I felt for the first
time betrayed. This game was controlled and it made me so mad! My Twitter
account went crazy! Fans were all on the same page, they all felt sick to their
stomach. What is going on against the Senators? The Pittsburgh and St. Louis
games were really weird. Example of identical play on both side were the
Senators were in the box and not the Blues: - High stick- Crosscheck- Tripping-
Roughing (I guess) on Michalek for coming on after the whistle and grabbing a
Blues player from behind (which was done all night)- Misconduct to MacArthur
because he too had enough of this circus! Last night, the Senators won against
the Blues and the Refs. Please looks at the game and comment...its weird!
Cheers,Jean-Francois Labonte --- Hi Mr. Fraser, To be blunt: what are the
repercussions for bad referees, and what do you think the league can do to
minimize games turning on bad calls in the future? Context: Im a very angry
Ottawa Senators fan. We recently lost a game in part because of a blown boarding
call against the Leafs and nearly lost a game against the Blues where the Blues
had seven power plays and the Sens had one power play. Ill spare you most of the
details of the Blues game, but it was the worst officiated game Ive ever seen.
It included a comically bad call against Bobby Ryan for elbowing a player who
skated into his arm while Ryan was looking away and playing a puck on the
boards. A ten-minute misconduct against Clarke MacArthur for, what I gather,
saying something to the referee that the referee did not like. As far as Im
concerned, good referees arent just being fair, they look like theyre being
fair. In a well-officiated game, all of the fans – win or lose - leave
believing the players decided the game, not the referees. If that doesnt happen,
everyone loses. What do you think? Yours truly,Anthony Moffatt --- Hi Kerry,
Doing my best not to wear Sens-coloured glasses, I still am shocked at what I
believe to be a display of inconsistent and at times downright incompetent
officiating by the referees in Ottawas game at St. Louis on Tuesday night.
Despite the Sens winning the game I cant help but feel uncomfortable with
officiating like that in a sport at the professional level. The Senators were
assessed 10 penalties to the Blues three. I am in no way stating that some of
these werent deserved as discipline has been a major issue for them this year,
but such a huge discrepancy when clearly the Blues were up to antics of their
own (it seemed like there was a scrum after every whistle) is very
disappointing. The fact that the Blues failed to capitalize on any of their six
(seven?) power play chances just added to the feel that Ottawa was in fact
playing against the officials and not St. Louis. What is your opinion on the job
the refs did during that game and, knowing how the league protects its refs, is
there any channel through which the Senators could possibly launch a formal
complaint? It was clear during the game that the team was frustrated by the
seemingly unfair parade of white jerseys to the penalty box. Regards,Dave Peters
--- Dr. Hoirch, Scott, Greg, Jean-Francois, Anthony and Dave: (Almost 1,000
words in the questions alone!) Since I am not qualified to provide anger
management counseling for you, I will instead analyze the game from my area of
officiating expertise. If the Ottawa management feels, as each of you does, they
can request an official review of the officiating crews performance presented
throughout this game. That performance review must be requested in writing and
would be conducted by VP of Officiating Stephen Walkom. His findings would be
returned to Senators General Manager Bryan Murray in a written report. Having
watched every second from the opening puck drop to the end of the second period
and portions of the third period and OT, I find some evidence that Brian might
have already requested a formal review. Heres my analysis. It is not intended to
be work of prose but simply a breakdown of calls and missed calls from my
perspective. First Period: The game began with some negative energy and
carryover from their previous meeting on December 16 resulting from a high hit
by Zach Smith on Alex Steen. Steen subsequently missed some games with
concussion like symptoms. The first clue of what the refs might have in store
came when Ken Hitchcock not only started his fourth line but intended for Ryan
Reeves to line up out of his normal position to take the opening draw against
Zack Smith. Referee Marc Joannette wisely ejected Reeves prior to the puck drop
following some trash talk. That first shift lasted 36 seconds before
unsportsmanlike conduct penalties were assessed to both Reeves and Smith. Given
the negative energy I referred to, the referees should have been on high alert
to bring the temperature down if and when they deemed it necessary. It was
apparent to me that St. Louis Blues were the more aggressive team from the
onset. With 13:42 remaining in thee first period David Backes took exception to
a solid, but legal hit by Chris Neil in the Senators end zone.
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remaining) David Backes initiate a scrum by first grabbing Clarke MacArthur
after the whistle and then dropped his gloves and grabbed Kyle Turris. This was
a perfect opportunity for the referees to set a good standard on scrums by
assessing a single penalty to Blues captain David Backes. This was a key moment
in the game when a stand-alone penalty to the Blues should have resulted to
address the scrum issue but was not called. With 4:34 remaining,
Kevin Shattenkirk got away with a high hit and charge against Milan Michalek on
a play that was signaled for an offside at the Blues blue line. Shattenkirk
travelled a distance, left his feet and made some contact with the head of
Michalek. A charging minor was warranted but not called. With 2:06 remaining in
the first, Clarke MacArthur was correctly penalized for tripping when he kicked
T.J. Oshies skates out from behind to take down the Blue player. Even though
Sens coach Paul McLean and MacArthur protested, the referee made the right call!
Another correct penalty call by the referee was then assessed to Derek Roy of
the Blues with 29 seconds remaining when he grabbed and stretched the jersey of
Marc Methot from behind. Second Period: This period was when missed and
incorrect penalty calls resulted in frustration for the Senator players, their
coach and their fans. With 17:01 remaining, Kyle Turris cleanly won a Senators
end zone faceoff against Alex Steen. Steen then hooked his stick through the
left leg of Turris, lifting the leg almost waist high and depositing the
Senators player hard to the ice. Steen gave Turris an additional shot once he
was down just for good measure! Although nothing was called this was clearly an
aggressive trip that should have resulted in a penalty to Steen and resulted in
another major scrum taking place. When play stopped 13 seconds later, Turris had
words with Steen, punches were exchanged in the scrum. Chris Stewart and
Bobby Ryan were assessed coincidental roughing minor penalties. The main event
was between Turris and Steen and following the failed tripping call, these two
players should have been sent to the penalty box to cool off. There was a good
non-call by referee Joannette during the resulting four on four when Alex Steen
grabbed a stretch pass at the Ottawa blue line and went in all alone. Eric Gryba
made an excellent, legal defensive stick lift with the referee looking on.
Scrums persisted in rapid-fire that were not addressed by the referees. With
12:02 remaining, Kyle Turris of the Sens pushed the back of Roman Polaks head
with force following a stoppage of play in the Blues goal crease. Turris should
have received a penalty as the initiator of the scrum that followed. No call was
made. Eric Condra jammed his stick at a puck that was frozen by Jaroslav Halak,
resulting in a major scrum where no penalties resulted with 11:42 remaining in
the period. Shortly thereafter (10:24 left) a four player scrum following the
stoppage took place that included a couple of heavyweights in Chris Neil and
Ryan Reeves. Once again, no penalties were assessed by either referee.A pattern
clearly had developed by this point with the number of non-penalized scrums that
had taken place within a relatively short span of time on the game clock. What
can I say about the Bobby Ryan elbowing penalty? In an attempt to put it nicely.
Ill state that Bobby Ryan did not deserve an elbowing penalty on the play when
Alexander Steen ran into Ryans elbow. Penalty calls are rated in three
categories: i) Good ii) Marginal and iii) Poor. This call clearly falls into
category iii). The Senators lost their composure (justified or not) and verbally
shared their disdain for the referees call and most likely got personal. The
referees standard on scrums was somehow was altered at this point in the game
when just 5 seconds into the Bobby Ryan elbowing penalty, Patrik Berglund went
to the net and lightly bumped Sens goalie Robin Lehner. Milan Michalek was then
assessed a roughing penalty, putting the Sens two men short when he grabbed
Berglund around the neck from behind to pull the Blues player back from his
goalkeeper. No punch or push to the head as witnessed previously but a grab
around the neck. The penalty call was an overreaction and completely
inconsistent with the standard set to on the multiple scrums that had occurred
to this point in the game. Much more aggressive incidents had been committed by
players of both teams had not resulted in penalties to this point in the game;
especially to place a team at a two man disadvantage. Perhaps there is also a
lesson to be learned by the Sens as well regarding their lack of anger and
frustration management? The penalty assessed to Marc Methot with approximately
four seconds remaining in the roughing minor to Michalek was justified, once
Methot extended his arms and delivered a solid cross-check in the corner to
T.J. Oshie. The tripping penalty assessed to Mika Zibanejad on Jay Bouwmeester
with 2:59 remaining in the second period was also a must call for the referee to
make. The negative energy that was first initiated by the Blues against the
Senators at the start of the game was now clearly being transferred by the Sens
toward the refs! Clarke MacArthurs 10 minutes misconduct at the 20:00 minute
mark clearly demonstrates the Sens frustration. Third Period: I hope no one
would argue with the errant high-stick by Eric Gryba that clipped Brenden Morrow
or the free two-handed slash to Morrows leg before the whistle blew to assess
the high-sticking penalty. What I would point out here is that rather aggressive
scrums continued with a couple in the final minute of regulation time. The score
was tied and I would expect, as was the case, no penalties resulted. I would
have hoped the scrums had been dealt with by the referees in an assertive and
appropriate manner in the early going of the game and not through a stand-alone
penalty to Milan Michalek that placed his team in a two-man disadvantage. OT
Period: Regardless of what the player or his coach thought the hooking penalty
to Clarke MacArthur when he reached and placed his stick across the arms and
body of T.J. Oshie to restrain the Blues forward on a path to the net was
absolutely the correct call! The bottom line is that the Senators persevered and
picked up two points in a shootout win. Whether an Officials Performance Review
is requested by Bryan Murray, we will most likely never know. Perhaps more
important than this, as the Senators move forward, is for coach Paul McLean and
his players to review their response to the officiating they received in this
game. It can only better prepare them for other emotional situations they might
have to overcome in the future.
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