Dave Jackson

You're going five in game, and then you kick it upstairs and let player safety deal with it after that.

As a referee, no.

As a referee, you make the call on the ice.

Every play is separate.

You want to have a short memory, kind of like a goldfish.

You don't want to prejudge a game.

You don't want to come into a game and say, well, I've got – I mean, obviously you want to be aware.

Every game you work, you look down the lineup before the game starts.

You're aware of who's on the ice.

You're aware of maybe past instances between the two teams where maybe there had been bad blood.

And when certain players are on the ice, your antenna is definitely up.

You're much more aware.

But you certainly don't want to have a bias.

And you don't want to say, I've got to be tougher on this player because he has a history.

You want to judge every play as they come in a vacuum.

I personally, well, I mean, if you look at my Twitter feed, people just think that I'm going to defend the referees or defend player safety, and that's not the case.

I do respect the job the officials do, and I respect the job player safety does.

I have a lot of respect for the men in that room, starting with George Paros.

He's a man of integrity, and I've had long conversations with George.

I've had long conversations with the guys on his staff, and they really, they think long and hard about,