The Boston Bruins dropped their home opener on Wednesday to their archrivals, the Montreal Canadians. I was really disappointed with the referees and the sloppy play of the Bruins at times throughout the night.
First game of the season, so it’s not a big deal that the Bruins lost — even to Montreal. There were a couple of things that I found a bit distressing as I watched the game though.
The first was how much leeway the referees gave the players on the new rule changes. I like the new rules because it will open up the game again — penalties that would have been called just last week in preseason play were not called last night.
At one point Sheldon Souray lost his stick, so he just grabbed Joe Thorton’s and held on to it — hello, ref?! The Bruins got away with a few too, it wasn’t just Montreal. The league needs to keep a tight watch on this or the referees will let things slip right back to where they were.
Brian Leetch surprised me too. He seemed rather slow and lumbering on the ice instead of the fast, nimble player I remember. It is his first game back, so I’m willing to give all the players a chance to get into the game, but there was a lot of sloppy play in last night’s game.
Tomorrow we get to try again, so let’s hope things get better.
October 6th, 2005 at 12:36 pm
i feel your pain brother.
October 6th, 2005 at 1:02 pm
How was the officiating in the Pens game?