Friday November 20th, 2009

Hey Fellow bloggers,

Well another busy weekend on the ice starting off with a Midget/minor midget back to back. Then immediatly off to Junior.... Kids are going to miss me and I will miss then but then, they get it went I come home with a pocket full of money. What pisses me off is hoe referee's still try to top each other... I started this 2 years ago, where I just stopped caring what other people thought. 3 seasons ago Donnie Carr pulled me aside and gave me the run down of WHY I was moving or getting choice games. One thing I could always count on was the honesty of Donnie. He directed me on my path now, and I haven't looked back. The only thing that still bothers me is how, this OJHL still gets thrown in my face. Everytime someone needs direction... I offer my comments, never telling anyone what to do just suggestions and BAM.... "oh mister junior referee" or "WNOHAO". I accepted long ago that I wasn't by far the best referee in town, but as one young kid put it "You're Hardcore". Maybe I am, but I live and die by my track record and by where I am in the officating world.

On the Ice

What do people expect?

The Blog #1

....Nov 17, 2009
Hello my Friends and after all these years we are
friends ... are we not.

I ALWAYS have something to say, sometimes not a way to yell them out and carry on.

The Kids are great, growing and funny as hell. If you can believe it they have my sense of humor and Jeanine's imagination. The kids tried hockey this summer and sad to report..... they hated it :(. Oh well, not going to push

The job front has been great and I'll tell you... one of the greatest jobs I have ever have. For those who don't know, I now work at E-djuster.
www.e-djuster.com
I am what they call a Loss Claims Specialist, basically, I record data and find replacement cost for items lost in fires, floods etc.

2009-10 season for Refereeing this has exploded out of the gates this year. A great number of Junior games (OHA) which makes me happy. Oh another front I was approached and signed with the PWHL, CWHL, CIS and made the "Elite" list of officials of OWHA. The sad part is that I have only gotten 3 games in Belleville, and have to travel. Jeanine traveled with me to Brampton for my first game and I got to work with some great officials.

Love the intensity up there. The only person I know is a guy from Kingston and I haven't worked with him yet.


(Bruce is right... I need to lengthen my pants)
It's funny that I have to leave town only to get what I can only guess is respect. Not that I'm complaining I made the bed I sleep in and I'm sure I have pissed more people off that I have made friends. Another official commented to me the other week that I have changed and wish I would change back.

Here are a couple of OHA Tier II games I lined in..


Well Folks... that's it for today.... I'm gonna try and find some format for this blog so lots of changes.....




Laters, Newman