Tuesday, September 27, 2011

IIHF Statistics.

With apologies to rat-racers everywhere, today I woke up at 11am. Originally, I’d planned to head to the pool, and maybe do some reading at a café I enjoy. Josh quickly nixed this. Turns out the referee in chief for Iceland was on his way to Akureyri, and if I could write an IIHF referee certification test, he would put me on the roster of referees if I passed. I am pleased to report I passed, so am now IIHF certified. Not sure what this means, but I think it will mean I get to do some games in Reykjavik later in the winter. I am referee #6 here...one is injured, so we have a total of five referees in the country.

Sadly, the referee-in-chief, Olli, is one of those guys who loves, no, craves, power. For instance, in tonight’s game between Akureyri and Reykjavik ,he called FIVE misconduct penalties, three of which were for ‘illegal equipment’. Chin strap not done up in warm-up? That’s a 10-minute misconduct to start the game. Elbow pads not 1.27 centimetres thick? Hit the showers for ten, buddy. I see Olli being the victim of an on-ice assault one day.

Hockey-wise, the SA Vikings lost 6-3 tonight, though Josh had a goal and two assists, so that was good, I guess. I was a stats man/assistant-coach, and managed to hand Josh a note at the 2nd intermission stating that “#22 is going well, but not getting quality ice…maybe more?”. Josh double-shifted #22 Andrei Fyrir for the 3rd period, and Andrei chipped in with a goal and an assist, so I was happy with that call.

Further outrage continued after the game, when our growing legion of Domino’s Pizza purchasers were dismayed to find Domino’s closed early tonight to get their staff drunk—apparently they worked hard last week during ‘Mega Week’, so they closed at 9pm tonight. Fortunately, the local pizza place we tried was excellent. We’ll be hitting Domino’s up next Tuesday though, for sure.

In a few short hours, we have Icelandic lessons, so I must hit the sack!

2011 ICELAND PARTICIPATION

Event

Level

Host nation

Date

Men's

Div. II

Croatia

Apr. 10-16

U20

Div. II

Estonia

Dec. 13-19

U18

Div. III

Mexico

Mar. 13-19

Women's

Div. IV

Iceland

Mar. 27-Apr. 1

JERSEY

ABOUT ICELAND HOCKEY

Member Since

May 6, 1992

Total Players

613

Male Players

62

Female Players

71

Junior Players

480

Total Referees

5

Indoor Rinks

3

Outdoor Rinks

0

President

Vidar Gardarsson

Nation Population

308,910

Men's World Ranking

38th

Women's World Ranking

29th


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