You Say Dumas, I Say DUMBASS
January 26, 2006
Seriously, is there a worse referee in the AHL than Harry Dumas? Last Friday night the Binghamton Senators were the latest victims of his overzealous mismanagement of a hockey game. He paraded Senators after Senators into the penalty box to the tune 27 penalties, giving the visiting Penguins 15 power plays including SIX 5 on 3s!!! The Pens had 12 penalties giving the Sens 6 power plays. Going into the game the Penguins had more PIMs for the season.
The B-Sens were completely and utterly dismayed and frustrated by the phantom calls and the misconducts handed out whenever someone argued with him. In the end Dumas handed the Sens 127 minutes and 3 ejections (all three for arguing calls). The police even removed a few irate fans who gave Dumas a piece of their mind (and beverage) when he left the ice.
I think the pro hockey leagues should maintain and release referee statistics. I’m curious to see if Dumas is calling more PIMs than his counterparts and how that impacts the outcome of the games.
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[...] They have no excuses for a slide now since this is the healthiest the Sens organization has been in months (knock on wood). Norton is back in the lineup and Bochenski was sent back down to get some ice time. True, one of the losses can be pinned on the horrid officiating of Harry Dumas, but the other two losses, one against division rival Norfolk and the other against the cellar dwelling River Rats, lacked effort and it seemed as if the B-Sens were just unwilling to fight for wins. This was a complete reversal of what we’d seen over the last month where the Sens always tried hard and their biggest weakness was inconsistent defense and goaltending. [...]