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Missing McGeough
by Paul on 12/28/08 at 01:33 PM ET
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from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal via Faceoff.com,
I miss NHL referee Mick McGeough. There, I have said it.
I miss the arm waving, the theatrics. You always knew when Mick was in the building, not like some of the anonymous zebras working now, with no names on their jerseys.
Can you tell Dean Morton from Dean Warren from Dean Martin or Dan O’Halloran from Dan O’Rourke? Nobody could turn a slashing penalty into something akin to a beheading with the colourful gesturing that McGeough offered up through close to 1,100 league games and 63 more in the playoffs through 20 seasons. He retired to become an NHL officiating mentor this year.
McGeough has showed up at Rexall Place several times this season, sitting up in the press box, far from where he wanted to be.
continued & I would normally link to the original source story, but the Edmonton Journal is really slow-loading today for me.
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