On this week's #RefsPodcast:

• Say my name, say my name
• Taking a page out of the College Football replay book
• Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens brawl in Quebec, piling up 150 PIM
• Senators' Nick Cousins (slashing) and Hayden Hodgson (boarding) both pick up fines
• Sens' Donovan Sebrango gets ejected but avoids supplemental discipline from NHL Player Safety
• The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning combine for 186 PIM, filling up the penalty boxes
• The Panthers' AJ Greer delivers a gloved sucker-punch to the Bolts' Brandon Hagel
• With the linesmen busy, Yanni Gourde and Luke Kunin each drop a glove. That's right. Just one.
• Calgary Flames' Martin Pospisil cross-checks Seattle Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn in the face
• Was Matvei Gridin's game-winning shootout goal legal? We're not so sure...

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The Scouting The Refs Podcast is a weekly look at the world of officiating and player safety within the National Hockey League, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world. We'll break down the calls and the rules behind them to help understand why a penalty or suspension was - or wasn't - handed out.