Travis Yost: The Department of Player Safety is Failing
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When Brendan Shanahan took over the NHL Department of Player Safety ("DPS") reigns from the departed Colin Campbell, it was supposed to signal something of a regime change, one moving from vague and ambiguous supplemental discipline to fair and transparent player review.
That hasn't been the case. In fact, Brendan Shanahan...
NHL Players Want to Embarrass Divers
NHL players are getting aboard the anti-diving train, something fans have been a part of for quite some time. Photo Credit: Tumblr
According to NHL Senior Executive Vice President Colin Campbell, NHL players are really sick of “divers”. Divers, of course, being players who take a dive, or embellish their actions in an effort to draw penalties. How do they want this to happen...
The ‘Colin Campbell summit’ will be a thoroughly-reviewed affair
Yesterday, Sports Illustrated’s Stu Hackel offered a comprehensive preview of today’s “Colin Campbell summit” (if you will), which is designed to bring general managers, coaches and officials together to review the standards of enforcement of the obstruction crackdown, which may or may not have slipped this past season (see: the sky also appears to be blue on sunny days)...
Colin Campbell feels the Pens Pain.
The NHL front office is not happy that their linesmen blew a pretty obvious call last night. I suppose that means that the NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is probably worried that the face of the NHL, Sidney Crosby's team will get eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Flyers can expect the games to be called closer from here on out.
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NHL: Linesman erred on offside call
NHL executive Colin Campbell said Thursday that linesman Tony Sericolo erred in not whistling the play dead for offsides before Danny Briere's first goal in Game 1 of the Penguins-Flyers series.
''There's no other way to explain it but a missed call,'' the NHL's senior executive vice president of hockey operations told The Canadian Press. ''We...
Via AP on Fox
April 12, 2012
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NHL: Linesman Tony Sericolo erred on offside call
NHL executive Colin Campbell said Thursday that linesman Tony Sericolo erred in not whistling the play dead for offsides before Danny Briere's first goal in Game 1 of the Penguins-Flyers series.
''There's no other way to explain it but a missed call,'' the NHL's senior executive vice president of hockey operations told The Canadian Press. ''We...
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April 12, 2012
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Campbell irked by blown offside call on Briere's goal
Colin Campbell admitted what was fairly obvious to those who watched Wednesday's contest between the Atlantic Division rival Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Danny Briere was clearly offside prior to scoring the first of Philadelphia's four unanswered goals during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
Linesman Tony Sericolo failed to make the...
NHL Admits Offside Error
from the CP at the Globe and Mail, Colin Campbell says he’s almost as upset as the Pittsburgh Penguins over a missed offside call that led to a goal in Wednesday’s playoff opener with the Philadelphia Flyers.
The NHL’s senior executive vice-president of hockey operations acknowledges that linesman Tony Sericolo erred in not whistling the play dead prior to Danny Briere’s...
NHL: Doughty's goal should not have counted
The NHL is investigating whether human error or a glitch in the clock system at Staples Center was responsible for prolonging the Kings game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday long enough for Kings defenseman Drew Doughty to score the decisive goal in a 3-2 victory.
Colin Campbell, the leagues senior vice president of hockey operations, said Thursday he believes the...
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February 02, 2012
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Columbus GM Discusses Clock Problems In LA
from Scott Howson at the Blue Jackets website, I spoke with (NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations) Colin Campbell on two occasions after the game. Sometimes in watching the game on television there can be confusion with respect to the game clock. Some television broadcasts use their own game clock that is not official with the rink. However, and after double checking...
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