The Director of officiating for the North American Hockey League, Keith Kaval joins Gavin Spittle on Spits and Suds. From working World Championships to becoming the first North American referee to work in Russia's KHL, what an amazing career. Whether it's the AHL, ECHL, NCAA, IIHL or many other leagues, Keith talks about being an on ice official. You'll learn about breaking or allowing fights, if officials try to even up penalties in a game to current safety measures for officials and the amazing road trips and stories including best chirps, road trips and officiating in front of Vladimir Putin. It's an amazing episode of Spits and Suds featuring Keith Kaval. 

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