The Admirals (29-10-1-0) host the 5th place Chicago Wolves (16-19-3-2). The Ads are 5-1 against the Wolves, so far. They are going for their 13th straight win. Providence has six straight wins as the runner up in the AHL.
One of the refs is Jordan Watt (#83). I believe that he was one of the refs for the two games in Henderson. Ref Liam Maaskant (62) is a complete stranger to me. Adam Scheel is in goal for the Wolves.
The Ads start Troy in net. At LD, Gravel, at RD, McKeown. At LW, Weatherby, O'Reilly at Center and Felhaber at RW.
An Ads player was hit up high with a stick and then punched in the back of the head. No call or calls were made. That was ref #62, who looked at it from the near blue line. Ads puck carrier was tripped at the near blue lineand no call. Fest(er) just assaulted L'Heureux. They are cleaning some blood off the ice. This is all Ref (#62) lack of calls! No instigator on Fiest. The linesman were painfully slow separating the "two" combatants. Weatherby just hammered Fitzgerald into the endboards near me.
Finally, a penalty on the Wolves! Kemell with Parship and Janko. Ref #83 just called the Wolves for Hooking. Two man ad for 1:33. Ref #62 just called Tripping on a poke check by the Ads. He must be from Chicago! Fitzgerald just jumped Foudy from behind. Foudy gets a penalty. This is BS!!! Ads 2 men short for 1:30. Egor came out of the box for a backhanded shot.
Fitzgerald called for Tripping. Wagner just high sticked an Admiral, then cross checked him while he was down on the ice. No call. Some of the fans near me in the SE corner are standing up, pointing and swearing at the refs! I would describe that as highly unusual. The SOG were 10-5 Admirals.
To recap, we have one pretty good ref, #83; and one Evil ref, #62. It is like Ying and Yang out there.
The Wolves have talked to the refs the whole game even though they have benefitted from the calls and non-calls. Adam Scheel, the Wolves goalie, has been in the ear of Ref #62 a lot.
The 2nd period has started. There is a small pond behind the Admiral's net. Egor nudged Franco, who got up slowly and may have a dislocated shoulder. It is strange. Egor may have scored. The review says no. The puck radically changed directions, so it hit something, the crossbar, the post, the support post? (Karl Taylor said on the post game show that the Admrals set a record for the # of post hits. I remember 6 in one game, but that was during the IHL days.) Ref #62 just called Ponomarev for Slashing. A Linesman practically had to drag him off of the Chicago bench. He made 3 separate points and 3 comments at the Admirals bench. How is that NOT a penalty?
Schaefer (3) breaks the ice to put the Ads ahead 1-0. Earlier, they hit the middle of the crossbar.
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