In-Arena Replays

[NorthernVoice]

Just curious what people around the league are seeing. In past years, Peterborough has been really good at showing replays of challenged goals, penalties, offside reviews, big hits, big plays etc... but this year it's been almost nothing.

Wondering if this is a team decision or a league wide crackdown on not showing potentially controversial replays in the arena.

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[frontsfan67]

Just curious what people around the league are seeing. In past years, Peterborough has been really good at showing replays of challenged goals, penalties, offside reviews, big hits, big plays etc... but this year it's been almost nothing.

Wondering if this is a team decision or a league wide crackdown on not showing potentially controversial replays in the arena.

Kingstons been bad with this for years I don’t think it’s the OHL. I just think certain people aren’t great at their job

 

[dogs777]

Just curious what people around the league are seeing. In past years, Peterborough has been really good at showing replays of challenged goals, penalties, offside reviews, big hits, big plays etc... but this year it's been almost nothing.

Wondering if this is a team decision or a league wide crackdown on not showing potentially controversial replays in the arena.

IceDogs are usually pretty good at showing most important replays challenges can be a little hit or miss but other than that they show almost every important replay although they have missed a few in the past to do some in arena promo

 

[DubCee21]

In Erie the replays are nonexistent except for goals that have already been awarded. No penalties, no offside, no controversial goals, no hits, no fights,....nothing. I was under the assumption it was a leaguewide thing on not showing anything that might even remotely be considered controversial but from reading these forums that clearly isn't the case.

 

[bigsportsfan]

I think if you’re paying good money for tickets you should have the benefit of watching the same replays people watch for free on television.

 

[Rubbers29]

In London, for years, once the play was under review, they cut all replays and went to a test pattern on the video board. You could maybe catch a replay on one of the suite TV's if you were lucky. This year They have actually been showing the offsides and goals while they are under review.
I always just assumed it was a league mandate as well, but since apparently it is not, I am glad they changed it here.
The funny thing is that one of the first reviews they showed (an offside) was clear as day on the video board, and then called a good goal on the ice. They said that they could not get the feed for the replay officials working in a timely manner so had to stick with the call on the ice. The refs got an earful, probably why they never used show them.

 

[donjohnson]

I think if you’re paying good money for tickets you should have the benefit of watching the same replays people watch for free on television.

While I tend to agree, there can be extreme situations where the safety of the players or referees is in question when fans think they can throw stuff on the ice/field or threaten a referee coming off the ice. Most arenas don't have a lot of protection for the opposing team or refs so if there's a controversial call that doesn't go the home team's way from what it looks like on the screen, it could be a safety issue.

"If you're paying good money for tickets" is sometimes the struggle because there are fans out there who think if they spent money on a ticket, they can do/say whatever they want like they bought the right to be a jerk. It's fans like that who ruin it for the majority who would just like to watch the game and see some good replays.