The rules have changed this season and there's now a second referee on the ice. The claim is that it's made it more like the NHL, but so far, all I've seen is a ridiculous amount of penalties. Basically, they said there's going to be a crackdown and you'll see lots more penalties for things like slashing and holding that would have gotten missed when there was only one ref on the ice. I've also heard claim that this is a good thing because, you know, slashing can lead to broken fingers, so it shouldn't happen. But at least twice last night there were questionable slashing calls where it looked like the stick barely touched a guy. It's clear the players haven't at all adjusted to the changed rules. It's a bit crappy if you ask me, to completely change the way the game is played in the course of one summer. These guys were brought up their entire lives under the other rules and have played as such - now it feel like - in hockey, for pete's sake - that the guys aren't allowed to touch each other! Not only is it very frustrating, but I feel like now, the referees are the one's deciding the game because they're constantly putting a team on power play. There were 55 minutes of penalties and 18 power plays in last nights game! To me, that's unacceptable. You're changing the landscape of the game and it's no longer who has the best team, but who adjusts to a rule change the quickest and who kills penalties the best. It's changing the integrity and it really bugs me.