KHL chief referee and league board member Alexey Anisimov said that Russian referees are more professional than European referees.
The current Gagarin Cup champion is CSKA.
— If we compare our judges with European judges, then ours are more professional. If only because the level of the KHL is higher, and this level allows referees to grow. It depends a lot on the level of the championship, they are communicating vessels with arbitration. But as for the North American school, it is a priori different. There’s a lot of stuff built around the show, but we have some more strict moments. In the NHL, if a referee doesn’t blow the whistle for show, he won’t be lynched or treated harshly in the press. Of course, they are also destroyed there on various social networks.
In terms of professionalism, I think we are equal. The difference is in the mentality and in certain criteria. North American referees are a little more involved in the NHL system. Even legally, the structure is different there. Although the KHL has recently taken a big step in this direction, our referees have become more involved. As for the NHL, a certain casteism is still developed. If you noticed, most of the judges are Canadians. It’s difficult even for an American to break into the league,” Anisimov said, as quoted by Sport24.
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