Cool linesman helmet-cam view of hockey fight; can we mandate this for NHL? (Video)

I'd like to see the NHL do this....If for no other reason, it would be great for people complaining about referees missing calls, to see how hard it actually is to see everything going on at ice level through traffic.

The technology exists right now. The NASCAR broadcasts use wireless helmet cams on the tire changers during pit stops. The only issue I'd see is the language you'd hear if they go live with the audio intact.

Do want.

Wysh, didn't Brian Elliot have one on his mask during the NHL Skills Competition? Did anyone ever get to see any of that?

Great not only fights but hopefully able to pick up the language during player push,shove tussles,or at the end of a hotly contested fight.

Put them on the refs' helmets rather than linesmens'. I want to know exactly what a ref sees when he makes a bad call.

A friend of mine who I played hockey with was a ref for AHL games. They put a head cam on him and after a few minutes into the game, he got in the middle of a fight and the cam went one way and he went the other. So much for that idea.

I like the idea, but only worth it for replays. It would drive me nuts to see this during regular action. Reminds me of the angle from behind the net during powerplays. I hate that view!

Kerry Fraizer's immediate response:"Worst #$%$ idea I've ever seen."

This is really neat. About as much as a "being there" feeling I've ever experienced from a camera. Really interesting, the NHL should give it a try as an additional angle. Shows promise.

Love It when ya can see a Fight Up Close..:)

Why don't they have a ref up in a skybox watching the game, an eye-in-the-sky? When an infraction happens that isn't caught by on-ice officials, he could push a button turning on a flashing yellow light at ice surface. Players would stop trying to get away with crap.

Cams on refs helmets are a great idea.

the camera may be a little shaky, but its still cool.

a lines man ....maybe a goaltender and ref.....probably would be better for fans in the NHL...would it work......remember the follow the blue streak of the puck they tried in the us...that didnt work

Put them on the players and goalie helmets! Then we could see things from an amazing amount of angles. Completely revolutionise and overhaul the whole game.

Time will tell- but what about camera shake and the resulting headache/vertigo/nausea that can go with this. Remember the home videos on The Weather Channel where the cellphone holder tries to get the whole picture time and time again and the motion is nonstop. But if they can gimbel the device then maybe it will prove very exciting.

It will never happen because if they did it would prove than refs see a lot of stuff on ice and don't call it for what ever reason Game managment, the odds ooops did I say that would be nice if they did maybe a game would be called a little better

c'mon people, asking ref's to wear the camera so we can critique them? Ya, Bettman will be right on that. This camera angle would be HUGE for telecasts. The NHL has tried different angle shots for viewership and all you got was a sense of missing the action in a fishbowl. This angle from the ref's perspective would be awesome but I can't imagine that using it to judge a referee's call or non call is going to fly. I wish the NHL would just launch this for publicity sake but we are all to quick to bring down the ref...me included.

If referees have cameras, would fans be able to visually write on refs' camera the bad / good call made? With the Camera play-back ability, maybe the time has arrived when a Ref's bad call can be reversed. If so, I would endorse immediate placement of cameras on the 4 refs!

I'd LOVE it! I'd love it even more if we can hear all the trash talking! Maybe but a parental control or something? I dont know...but that would be awesome!!!