Game 1: Rangers 3, Titans 3

Truly bizarre night, thanks to a referee from some other planet.

One call he made was delay of game against one of our defencemen, who tried to fire the puck off the glass. It went over the glass -- which is low at the Carleton Place Arena -- by a fraction of an inch.

Later, Gurmanjot "G" Bhullar is on a breakaway, gets hauled down, and crashes into the net, knocking it off its moorings. The ref makes the proper call -- a penalty shot -- but says G has to sit for two minutes after taking the shot, for goaltender interference, because after he got hauled down, he got back up and dove into the goaltender. I had to ask the ref what game he was watching. Eighteen seconds into G's penalty, the Titans score the tying goal.

Also: He didn't get it right on who scored any of our goals, and even gave an assist to a player number we don't have. One more thing: He made a couple questionable calls against the Titans, too, but was heard after the game, telling the Titans coach he'll make it up to him.

Is it any wonder refs get crapped all over, when idiots like this get to wear the armbands???

Game two is tomorrow night at Armstrong Arena.

By the way, on something that really matters, our boys played a great game tonight, and should be very proud.