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TIL about NHL Rule 31.11 which says if the officials cannot make it to a game and no suitable substitute can be found the players need to referee the game themselves, this rule has been enforced 1 time on January 15 1983, where only 1 of the 3 officials could make it due to a snowstorm.

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