NHL attendance

The NHL says that playoff attendance and ratings are up. That may be, but has anyone seen the old Iraqi Minister of Information lately? Just sayin'. Fanhouse has a first round referee report. A little of this and a little of that from Lisa Dillman over at Versus. A Scout's Life looks back on the World Under 18's. It was a great tourney, hopefully it comes back to North America more often. Crash the Crease does a post-mortem on the Capitals-Rangers series. I missed this one yesterday, but apparently Doug Wilson is conducting an "autopsy" of the Sharks. Its a good thing he has some cool down time, because anger like that can lead to some rash decisions. One wonders if the autopsy will turn up any heart? Ho ho. Taking Note has a great post on the decision to suspend or not suspend, as it applies to junior hockey. Good post here. Having done this kind of thing before, I can tell you its very tough. You often have to rely on grainy video and/or first hand accounts. You can't always get it right.

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