Questions from an Outsider

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Originally Posted by bossman72

2) I noticed everyone has a finger pea whistle. Why no lanyards? Also, why no fox-40's (non-pea whistles)?

While I don't officiate hockey, I think the reason for the pea whistle is acoustics. The Fox40's echo too much and get very shrill to the point of damaging the hearing of officials and players so much so that Fox40 has a special metal whistle (not sure if it has a pea) for hockey. The boards on an ice rink create such a echo that certain sounds echo for 2-3 seconds are give you a headache almost instantly.

Jasper