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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5428706, member: 173"] I think the AHL generally does a lot better at this. I watched the LV Phantoms - Hershey Bears Game 5 yesterday, there were eight penalties (eh...nine, but one was a misconduct after the final buzzer) called in the game and I didn't see any egregious misses. The announcers commented about a Phantoms - Bears deciding Game 5 which went to 3 OT (which was longest game the Bears ever played, and occurred on 5/11/97), and how that game had three penalties called in the entire game which showed how AHL playoff officiating has changed. I think the NHL is better than it was 20-30 years ago where you could commit manslaughter in a playoff OT and not get called for it - but they still lag behind the AHL in actually calling playoff games appropriately. [/QUOTE]