...And to Colin Campbell and Stephen Walkom too: When a hockey broadcast veteran like Al Trautwig calls out the refs for making phantom calls, your league is going to have some questions to answer in the morning.
Here's what Al had to say just a few moments ago on OLN going into a break between periods of the Calgary-Anaheim game:
We know this: Hockey TV crews across North America rewind the tape forward, backward and they're having a tough time seeing some of these penalties.
Well, Gary, Colin and Stephen, what do you have to say?
BTW -- Kudos to OLN for their coverage so far, they've given me a reason to keep coming back night after night.
UPDATE: One odd item about tonight's OLN telecast of CAL-ANA: A number of graphics are being cut off at the edge of the screen. I guess that means that OLN is picking up an HD feed from the CBC, and simply cutting off the edges. While it's not preventing me from enjoying the game, it is a tad annoying.
If I'm wrong on the technical details, somebody feel free to let me know.
Campbell is as competanmt as Donal Rumsfield…. But I digress.
In Ottawa, they weren’t calling anything this evening. If you were watching hockey for the first time — you’d have to wonder if there were any rules at all that needed to be followed.
OLN’s production, from beginning to end, has improved tremendously. I only hope the network somehow takes off and continues to focus on hockey the way it is.
As a Canadian on holiday in the American south, I was thrilled that our condo carried OLN. I was even more surprised at the quality of the coverage – I’ll take this over Jim Hughson any day.
My only concern is what will happen once Snake finds out Brian Engblom has stolen his hair.