MGoBlue.com Hockey Video Coverage

Submitted by J.W. Wells Co. on
I'm watching the MGoBlue.com video feed now (with the radio audio piped in), and have several comments. First of all, this is pretty good coverage, at least compared to the alternative. I see that the Miami players are entering and leaving the rink from the south end, rather than the north. Until I moved away and quit going to games in 2006, both teams used the entrance at the north end. When did this change? Are there new visitor facilities at the south end now? I recall that the "concourse" area at the south end really was mostly useless loading-dock type space. During radio commercial breaks, we hear what Al Randall and Jim Hunt are saying off the air with their mics on. Just before Jim Hunt's second-intermission interview with Miami's injured Justin Mercier, Jim said, "Justin, how's the leg? They told me not to ask you about it, but I won't say anything on the air." And Mercier then gave him the full scoop "off the air." After the interview, Jim was talking to his producers, and he said something to the effect of, "How was that? Yeah, LOTS better than the first one. [Greg Pateryn in the first intermission] When you don't know these kids sometimes you have no idea what you're gonna get on the air." In the third period, Michigan appeared to score a shorthanded goal which was waived off. Porno-mustache Langseth reviewed the video, and the MGoBlue camera focused from the press box right down onto the review monitor rinkside. The ruling was that the puck was directed in with a Michigan skate, and the goal was waived off. From the video I saw though, it clearly looked to me on the slow motion the ref was looking at that it was a Miami skate that kicked in the puck. What are the rules about defensive skates kicking pucks in? Or maybe I just didn't see it correctly. Someone had better buy Bryan Hogan a HUGE steak tonight. He made some absolutely ridiculous saves in the second period.

Comments

wooderson

January 11th, 2009 at 6:40 PM ^

I was wondering about the disallowed goal as well..on the replay the ref was looking at you couldn't even see Miller! I wonder if it was one of those situations where with no conclusive evidence to the contrary they had to go with the original call. Sure looked like the wrong call though, although of course it didn't end of mattering anyway. Great weekend for Michigan, especially defensively. Hogan was tremendous. Good to see some scoring from people other than Louie and Palushaj too.

mdblue

January 11th, 2009 at 7:35 PM ^

the locker room was added prior to the 2007-2008 season. langseth is a complete idiot and never should have been given his refereeing stripes. while i didn't see any replays of miller's goal, from live action it most certainly did not appear that he made any kicking motion. and in hockey, unlike football, there doesn't have to be "conclusive evidence" to overturn a call - if it's a goal it's a goal, if not it's not. langseth simply made the wrong call.

J.W. Wells Co.

January 12th, 2009 at 12:51 PM ^

Is that the same for defensive skates as well as offensive? In this case, Michigan player and Miami player were both skating toward Miami's goalie, with Miami player about to get sandwiched in between. It looked pretty clear on the rinkside replay monitor that the puck was under the goalie's left leg and moving toward the front of the crease. The right skate of the Miami player, moving toward the goal but turned to the side to put on the breaks then popped the puck back under the goalie's leg and into the goal. The skate of the Michigan player didn't come anywhere near the puck.