From Thursday's Globe and Mail

For about $25 an hour, Bruce Tennant has taken countless verbal slams and one physical attack that saw him haul a man to court.

“Yeah, I've been intentionally hit,” says the 49-year-old Toronto hockey referee, recalling a men's rec league game in the early 1990s. The player was booted from the ice after one too many penalties. He came back for revenge – right at the neck of Mr. Tennant.