NHL Officials

Scouting the Refs: Rangers/Devils Game 6

Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals will be officiated by Kevin Pollock and Brad Watson. Pollock and Watson have the lowest average penalties called per game in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.   This duo has only worked three games together – Game 3...

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Rangers’ New Approach to Shot Blocking

With the Devils leading the Eastern Conference Finals three games to two, Rangers’ coach John Tortorella has take a new, radical approach to step up his team’s shot blocking for Game 6. In Friday morning’s practice, the Rangers employed a five-man blocking approach in which...

NHL Officials

Scouting the Refs: Rangers/Devils Game 5

Officiating the pivotal Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final are Dan O’Halloran and Wes McCauley.   They were the officials for Game 1 of this series, a 3-0 Rangers victory.  Most recently, they wore the stripes for Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals between the Kings and...

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Rangers’ ‘D’ Driving Their ‘O’

With high-scoring forwards like Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik in the lineup, it would be reasonable to expect them to carry the load with regard to scoring.  While Richards has certainly stepped up, leading the team in playoff scoring, it’s been the Rangers defense who are...

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Scouting the Refs: Rangers/Devils Game 4

  Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals is expected to be officiated by Dan O’Rourke and Chris Rooney. This duo has worked 6 playoff games together this season, most recently the Kings 4-0 victory in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals — the most penalty-filled game...

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