I guess you don't watch much hockey. Firstly because there are only 2 referees, the other two are linesmen and secondly because the best referees in the world are from the best league in the world thus the majority of them are Canadian and American. The game would have been absolutely brutal if there were Russian referees in charge of things. I'm not sure about football, but when you are at the highest levels of officiating it pays be a neutral party. I also didn't see anything in that game that was clearly called in either team's favour.

Strange comment I must say.

In more important news, I happened to be in Vancouver for the majority of the games and although I didn't get a chance to see any hockey live, the atmosphere throughout downtown when the Canadians were playing was absolutely electric.