Please leave your team and the league alone for a few days.
I get you’re deflated and want information on refunds but this is unprecedented and there will be no processes in place for cancellations on this scale. Give them time to sort things out and wait for announcements.
However rough a night an official may/may not have had (haven't seen the game), throwing stuff at anyone (players, referees etc) from the stands has got to get you banned for life. Abhorrent behavior, absolutely no excuses.
Steelers players WAITING for the officials to leave the ice, particularly Liam Sewell.
Fans booing them off and also one even lobbed a chuck-a-puck at them as well.
This is a question of investment and long term strategy, that’s in the hands of IHUK and the EIHL.
The guys and girls officiating work so hard to do what they do, and are the best in the UK. Without them there is no game.
Lay off them, they’re people too.
BERESFORD GETS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ASSIGNMENT
The IIHF has recently announced the 32 officials for the World Championship, and EIHL linesman Danny Beresford will be one of the officials in the top tier of international hockey!
Congratulations to Danny and all others selected!
The Nottingham Panthers are truly devastated to announce that Adam Johnson has tragically passed away following a freak accident at the game in Sheffield last night.
Here we have an official club account seemingly celebrating a potential injury to an official.
If we want to see change in the discourse surrounding ice hockey officials then tweets like this need to get in the bin. There are so many better ways to report this.
Tomorrow, the Elite League will welcome 2 officials from the Danish Metal Ligaen!
🔶Vernon Hoffered
⚫Nicklas Knøsen
These two will work the Glasgow Clan vs Fife Flyers game alongside Toby Craig and Scott Rodger.
The rest of the lineups at 10AM tomorrow!
This afternoon’s Nottingham - Sheffield game will be the last for long serving referee Tom Darnell.
Thanks Tom, good luck for the future!
#TeamStripes
#NoRefsNoGame
This basically confirms no proper playoff series setup until at least 2030.
Unfortunate, but we’re stuck with the same stale (and largely pointless) postseason for a while.
A huge missed opportunity to shake up the elite league and (by extension) challenge cup format imo…
🍊🏒 The Steelers are devastated to advise that Alex Graham sadly passed away this weekend.
Everyone at the club is heartbroken by the news and wish to pass on our thoughts and condolences to Alex's family, friends and teammates.
More:
#BleedOrange
…
That's it from me this season. Might be a few tweets with relevant news here and there but wishing you all a great summer and I'll probably be back in the autumn!
Tonight I was at the Clan game, and I thought Toby Craig and Pavel Halas called a very good game.
All of you who were vocally moaning about that appointment earlier today, how do you think they called the game?
In other news: Warm-up regulations have been amended by the EIHL board.
An additional 15th import may now ice for warm ups, and they can be substituted in for a scratched player up to 5 minutes after warm up has ended. Otherwise the additional player scratched.
In a weekend where Liam Sewell has officiated the bronze medal game at the world championships and flown the flag high and proud for UK officials. We find ourselves here.
Main points have all been covered. Lack of funding, officials are part time, lack of numbers (at all levels)
It's been a hot minute...
22/09/2023
Belfast Giants - Dundee Stars
🟥
#25
Andy Dalton
🟥
#90
Vytas Lukosevicius
⚫️
#62
James Nelson
⚫️
#88
Scott Rodger
#EIHL
#TeamStripes
Another weekend, another visiting official!
Christian Ofner of the Austrian EBEL will officiate in Cardiff tonight with Stef Hogarth!
The rest of the appointments coming up shortly!
Who’s ready for some Friday night hockey? Tonight’s officials:
Belfast vs Fife
🔶
#24
Stefan Hogarth
🔶
#45
Chris Wells
⚫️
#42
Vytas Lukosevicius
⚫️
#56
Ethan Hardy
Cardiff vs Sheffield
🔶
#25
Andy Dalton
🔶
#26
Dean Smith
⚫️
#23
Lee Young
⚫️
#77
James Ions
#EIHL
#TeamStripes
This will also be the last time we see Matt Thompson and Dean Smith in EIHL stripes.
Congratulations to both on fantastic careers and best of luck for the future!
Taking an abuse of official penalty at the end of a game is just a lack of discipline and happens far too often.
Regardless of how the officials performed there is literally no point in taking this sort of penalty.
In EIHA related news - Juraj Huska of the Invicta Dynamos is assessed a **2 SEASON** suspension for throwing his stick recklessly into the stands after a goal.
Possibly one of the largest suspensions ever given in UK ice hockey?
EIHL linesman Danny Beresford has also been assigned to the Continental Cup finals weekend in addition to the officials posted yesterday.
Congratulations Danny!
Good luck to EIHL referee Stefan Hogarth and linesmen James Ions and Ryan Fraley who are all officiating in the IIHF U20 Division 2 tournament in Korea that starts today!
#TeamStripes
#Represent
It gets better! |
#EIHL
Our own Liam Sewell has been allocated to today's 🇺🇸🆚🇱🇻 Bronze Medal Game 🙌 Congratulations!
In his first top-flight
@IIHFHockey
World Championships, Liam will end with 🔟 game assignments.
The officials to kick off
#prideweekend
!
Dundee vs Glasgow
🔶Ladislav Smetana (EBEL)
🔶
#20
Pavel Halas
⚫️
#21
Graham Rodger
⚫️
#88
Scott Rodger
Czech official Smetana joins us this weekend, working with our very own Czech Halas! Welcome Ladislav!
Conway’s opinion isn’t unique. Many other players who have left the league also come out publicly with similar statements.
This isn’t the fault of the refs though, they work their arses off to officiate at this level. This is an IHUK/EIHL problem.
Today’s Referees (04/01/20):
SHE-GUI
🔶
#26
Dean Smith
🔶
#45
Chris Wells
NOT-DUN
🔶
#11
Matt Rose
🔶
#24
Stefan Hogarth
MAN-CAR
🔶
#6
Matt Thompson
🔶
#33
Mads Fransen (DEN)
BEL-COV
🔶
#25
Andy Dalton
🔶
#59
Blake Copeland
FIF-GLA
🔶
#16
Toby Craig
🔶
#20
Pavel Halas
🦓OFFICIALS ASSIGNED FOR PLAYOFF FINAL WEEKEND🦓
Referees:
🟥
#3
Tom Pering
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#7
Liam Sewell
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#11
Matt Rose
🟥
#25
Andy Dalton
Linesmen:
⚫️
#38
Danny Beresford
⚫️
#79
Lee Young
⚫️
#88
Scott Rodger
⚫️
#91
Ilya Kisil
As part of the development programme, the following officials will also attend the weekend and ice in the 3rd place playoff game:
🟥
#42
David Good
🟥
#49
Daniel Ferguson
⚫️
#66
Ethan Hardy
⚫️
#87
Lewis Dolan
Congratulations to all officials selected!
#POWF
#TeamStripes
#EIHL
Officials for today’s Challenge Cup Semi-Final (15/01/20):
Glasgow vs Sheffield
🔶
#20
Pavel Halas
🔶
#24
Stefan Hogarth
⚫️
#35
Lewis Gibson
⚫️
#88
Scott Rodger
#TeamStripes
⚠️REFEREE CHANGE (Cardiff vs Fife)⚠️
Referee Stephen Matthews will ice in place of Matt Rose. He will wear Rose's
#11
. Congratulations on the call up to the EIHL, Stephen!
The following officials are also currently icing in Cardiff for the Continental Cup Group E this weekend:
🟥David Good
🟥Stefan Hogarth
⚫️Nathan Carmichael
⚫️Ryan Fraley
⚫️Ilya Kisil
⚫️Rob Pullar
⚫️Scott Rodger
Congrats and go well!
#TeamStripes
Challenge Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg referee assignments (29/01/20):
Nottingham vs Cardiff
🔶
#7
Liam Sewell
🔶
#25
Andy Dalton
⚫️
#23
Lee Young
⚫️
#38
Danny Beresford
Sheffield vs Glasgow
🔶
#3
Tom Pering
🔶
#26
Dean Smith
⚫️
#13
Flynn Sitch-Cunningham
⚫️
#81
Nathan Carmichael
Today’s Officials (12/01/20)
SHE-GLA
🔶
#3
Tom Pering
🔶Shayne Alyward 🇨🇦 (1 EIHL game so far this season)
GUI-BEL
🔶
#24
Stefan Hogarth
🔶
#26
Dean Smith
CAR-DUN
🔶
#6
Matt Thompson
🔶
#25
Andy Dalton
FIF-MAN
🔶
#44
Steve Brown
🔶
#82
Allan Ward
If you put a swear jar next to the ice we could raise the money needed to buy goal line tech for every rink over a single weekend.
Happens all the time, numerous compilations on YouTube of various leagues players/officials caught swearing on the mic - the language of hockey🤷♂️
It's good to be back...
Today's officials (03/02):
14:00 MAN - COV
🔶
#24
Stefan Hogarth
🔶
#26
Dean Smith
⚫️
#81
Nathan Carmichael
⚫️
#91
Ilia Kisil
19:00 NOT - SHE
🔶
#7
Liam Sewell
🔶
#25
Andy Dalton
⚫️
#38
Danny Beresford
⚫️
#77
James Ions
24/04/2022
Playoff Quarter-Final 2nd Leg
Glasgow Clan - Cardiff Devils
🔶
#3
Tom Pering
🔶
#24
Stefan Hogarth
⚫️
#87
Lewis Dolan
⚫️
#98
Ryan Fraley
#EIHL
#TeamStripes
08/04/2023
Playoff Quarter Final 1st Leg
Nottingham Panthers - Guildford Flames
🟥
#23
Andrew Miller
🟥
#24
Stefan Hogarth
⚫️
#79
Lee Young
⚫️
#98
Ryan Fraley
#EIHL
#TeamStripes
Very odd end to a very close game at the Skydome tonight. 3-3 after 3. Poland pull the goalie with a minute to go in OT and promptly concede an empty netter.
Japan were worthy winners mind played out their skins the whole game.
Today the EIHL will welcome 2 more officials from the Danish Metal Ligaen!
Referee Niklas Lundsgaard and Linesman Emil Skov Dalsgaard will work with Liam Sewell today (who also works in the Metal Ligaen)!