If I officiate a hockey game on dull skates, it can be really embarrassing. Recently, I came back to work two games after a 3-week layoff due to a minor injury. But I had forgotten that it had been 10 games since sharpening my skates, and I usually get them sharpened every 7 games like clockwork. So when I hit the ice for these 2 games, I was like a fish flopping helplessly on the ice. MORE;