Hurricanes Coach Calls for Expanded NHL Replay Reviews

Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour called for expanded video replay reviews in NHL playoff games on Thursday, praising officials as the best in the world while arguing they need assistance to ensure accurate penalty calls amid chaotic scrums.

With the top-seeded Hurricanes leading Philadelphia 2-0 in their Eastern Conference second-round series, Brind'Amour reiterated a push he began after a first-round sweep of Ottawa. There, Senators forward Ridley Greig delivered two punches to Hurricanes defenseman Sean Walker, including an uppercut to the face while Walker scuffled with Ottawa's Warren Foegele. Greig escaped a penalty during the 4-2 loss, leaving Carolina shorthanded, though the league later suspended him for two regular-season games.

"You can't get better officials. We have the best," Brind'Amour said. "But man, it's just hard to see some of the penalties that are getting called, that if you just took a quick peek, you'd go, 'Oh wait a minute, that's not what happened.'"

Brind'Amour suggested dedicating personnel to monitor replays in real time. "The only reason Greig did that was because he looked, no one's watching, doesn't get called for it, and we somehow ended...