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    No refs, no games: Can people play nice?

    by Martin A. Davis Jr. Nov 05, 2021 5 minutes

    At the start of every season, hockey parents in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia wrangle with a lengthy array of forms, shopping lists, and meetings. This year, a letter from President Linda Jondo of the Potomac Valley Amateur Hockey Association, the governing body for amateur hockey in the DMV, has folks talking.

    “As you may be aware,” the letter begins, “a large number of officials have either not returned this season or left since the season started.”

    According to Benjamin Ahlstrom of the Southeastern Hockey Officials Association, which supplies many of the Potomac Valley Amateur Hockey Association’s officials, the number of people available to referee hockey games has fallen from about 450 in 2018-19 to just 276 today. These refs are expected to call about 15,000 games this year.

    The immediate cause for this shortage

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