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Once I was officiating a hockey tournament that had two Russian teams participating at the 15-16 year level (Midget Level), and NO, I don't know why the older kids are called "midgets". Anyway, in reviewing the scoresheet before the game I noticed that almost every players last name ended with "off" which is common in Russia , I was told. During the game I had to assess a penalty to a player and who seemed quite irritated about the call, as I was skating back to the benchto report the penalty I turned around and saw #9 "shoot the finger my way", he didn't expect me to turn at that point. I went to the scoring table and announced a two min minor and 10 min miconduct to # 9, "Filpmeoff". The scorekeeper was amused.
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