Quenneville Fined $10,000

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

The whole officiating thing is a mess in terms of how questionable calls are handled.

Firstly, I'd be downright peeved as well if that specific call was on my team, so I don't hold Quenville against that. In the heat of the moment, you are likely to blow a gasket sometimes, and while it certainly benefited us, that call at the end of the 1st period was pretty bogus overall.

Officiating overall is going to be inconsistent for all teams. It is just a fact of life when human error gets involved. Wings have certainly got shafted (i.e. "late goal" in Anaheim) but the example above shows they've benefited as well.

Currently, you cannot call refs out without getting fined. I don't like it all that much, but that's the ruling and I understand keeping stuff like that "behind closed doors". I can guarantee you after the Hossa no-goal in the Anaheim series Babcock was fumed trying to keep it packed in while talking to media. I give him kudos for usually saying the right things (under the current structure) to implying that a referee goofed up, but understanding that people make mistakes and you gotta forget about it, etc.

And I don't like how top brass handles their referees. I understand sticking by the refs through thick/thin and as stated above, games are going to be inconsistent due to human error so in the grand scheme of things I usually don't get too up in arms about officiating. However, just reading stuff like "He made the right call, no questions asked." or something similar is just annoying when everybody in the world knows it was a f'ed up situation (like the Hossa no-goal). Quit dodging the situation. For me personally, threre's no shame in admitting you were wrong or saying you screwed up.

[3chrisosgood0 7]

hmmmm

yea that game wasnt ruined for the hawks by them playing like *******, or Huet not playing well, or us just owning them

yea it was definetly the refs

no doubt

at all

the refs

if the refs didnt make that one call it woulda been 6-1 hawks

/sarcasm

[Rocket Queen 30 1]

This isn't his first time where he's crossed the path (as well as the ire) of the officials. This time, though, it cost him big bucks. I can remember when he was with the Blues, and the game got pretty well out of hand when the Blues players went after us (that's the game when Joe Kocur got tossed for throwing the chair - remember that gem?). So this isn't the first time he's tried to bully people around and then been called on the carpet for some pretty shabby behavior. And I'm sure it won't be the last. At least when Mike Babcock doesn't like the calls, he's either subtle about it, or he keeps his mouth shut as well as his wallet.

OMG I totally remember that. LOL aahhhh I miss Joey. I also agree with most of the folks here in that something should be done to make officials accountable for their conduct. You can't keep making BS calls and expect people to sit back and shut up about it. That's not realistic, especially when you know bitching about it publicly is the only thing that you can do because the league surely will not do any thing about it.

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Joel Quenneville is one of the foremost motivators in our life and time, prehaps in the entire history of sports.

[Ms_Hockey 0]

I think this is absolutely ridiculous. If I were a Hawks fan, I'd want blood - and lots of it.

[puertoricanWingsfan 5]

That call ruined the game eh Quenville? Fine. Take away the PP goal we scored at the beginning of the period..... AAAAAANNNNNDDD.... you lose 5-1. Much better!! What an idiot.

His time was playing like undisciplined goons the entire game, head hunting, starting scrums, tripping, slashing and cross-checking left and right... and it was one call by the refs that ruined the game? you gotta be kidding me.