Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller are joined again by the ECHL's senior VP of hockey ops to discuss the league’s officiating. The hosts also preview the conference finals.
Joe ErnstThis week on The Hockey News On The 'E' Podcast with Justin A. Cohn and Jacob Stoller:
- Justin and Jacob were joined by Joe Ernst, the ECHL's senior VP of hockey operations. Ernst gave the lowdown on disallowing the Game 7 goal in the Fort Wayne versus Cincinnati series. Ernst walked through the process of reviews, along with this particular one. Ernst also explained some of the things behind the scenes that factor into ECHL officiating being the way it is.
- Justin previews the Eastern Conference final between the Florida Everblades and the Newfoundland Growlers. Even without star forward Zach O'Brien, the Growlers maintained their imposing force last series, with youngsters Jonny Tychonick and Pavel Gogolev leading the way in that series.
- Our prospect of the week is Florida's Tyler Irvine. Irvine is signed to an AHL contract with Cleveland and has 10 points in 12 playoff games.
- Justin says the Western Conference final between Toledo Walleye and Idaho Steelheads will boil down to special teams. Toledo's power play is succeeding at a 39.5-percent clip, whereas Idaho is converting on 26 percent of their opportunities.
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