Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour faces significant fine after snapping at NHL officials

The Carolina Hurricanes won Game 3 against the Washington Capitals, 4-0. But even after a sound victory by the Hurricanes, there was an incident that led Rod Brind'Amour to call out the officiating, which led to a high-sticking call on Jordan Staal.

Brind'Amour was furious was the terrible officiating in Game 3.

According to O'Rourke and St. Laurent, Staal had been guilty of high-sticking Trevor Van Riemsdyk, which led to a minor 2-minute penalty in the 3 period.

Cue Brind'Amour, who would be full of ferocity on the bench, calling out the terrible officiating like we all wish we could do sometimes. Though for Brind'Amour, it comes with a risk of a fine.

Instead of re-evaluating the play and removing the penalty from Staal, and acknowledging the high-stick was a result of Capital-On-Capital violence (Pierre-Luc Dubois' high-stick on teammate Trevor Van Riemsdyk), both referees would double down on their error.

Brind'Amour was incited to anger after the episode, and, nevertheless, after the issues St. Laurent and O'Rourke have had in the Stanley Cup playoffs, it's difficult not to empathize with Brind'Amour.

Maybe the NHL should consider a relegation program for referees like the one mentioned above, as it appears they can't take any legitimate criticism or admit their mistakes.

Nevertheless, the Hurricanes would shut out the Capitals, even after Pierre-Luc Dubois' own mistake cost the team a power-play.

Will the NHL ever hold these referees accountable? That remains to be seen, as Tim Pool seems to be the last NHL referee to be held accountable for anything in the past few years.