As far as hand checks and playing more physical ball, that's what you get when you play teams from other Regions, especially after you advance past region D. IMO that causes "culture shock" for our teams who are used to having some of the officials calling too tight. It's hard to adjust but the other team is used to it because this is how they've played all year. I think for the most part we have some pretty good officials. Some aren't as good. And I think some may even show some biases. But if you're going to call it tight or let them play do it from the get go and be consistent throughout the game and call it even between the teams. I know some calls will be missed but in a good called game it usually evens out.