NHL players will end up refereeing games tonight because the refs can't fly in
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With Friday's FAA ground stop scrambling travel, hockey Twitter dug up the old rule that lets each team name a player to act as referee and linesman if the officials don't show. It's happened before: in 1983 snow stranded the refs for a Whalers-Devils game and two players worked the first period. There are 14 NHL games on tonight's schedule. Half my feed is convinced we're getting at least one player-reffed game, the other half says the league will just drive refs in or use local officials. Happening or wishful thinking?
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they'll put officials in a car before they let a 6'5 enforcer call penalties lol
the league would honestly make more money if they let it happen. that clip would do 50 million views