OT- Wings robbed
So. Brad May shoots the puck and scores. But Dallas' back up goalie covers it up inside the goal. The ref blows the whistle and says no goal.
It's reviewed by Toronto.
The Verdict?
Even though it was obviously a goal and obviously in the net immediately after it was shot (into the net, by May) the ref says no goal because he meant to blow the whistle when he lost sight of it. i.e. After it was already in the net. After this, the wings take a stupid penalty, give up their third PP goal, and lose.
So. I watched the Wings play a very uninspired game with the worst penalty killing on the year and should have possibly seen them win despite the poor play. Instead, the refs pretty much hand the game to the Stars via disallowing a very obviously good goal.
Don't know if I can make this more clear. Even SEC football refs could have gotten this call right.
You know, "He Shoots! He Scores!" It was "He Shoots! He Scores! Wait, he's getting boned by the refs. He gets Nothing!"
Thanks for the quality officiating and oversight NHL.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:13 PM ^
Why is replay ALWAYS wrong in everything??????? It's even wrong against the team I'm rooting against!
November 18th, 2009 at 10:23 PM ^
I don't know if you're being sarcastic, but it has that ring.
All I can say is that the puck was in the net for 3-4 seconds before the whistle blew. After it was pointed out to the ref that the puck was in the net way before the whistle and was in as a direct result of being shot into the net, he still decided he was planning on blowing the whistle before it was in the net.
This is the one situation where replay doesn't make the least bit of difference. If the on-ice official says he had the intent to blow the whistle sooner, the league office cannot over-rule him. I imagine this is what happened as that was what word came immediately after the goal was disallowed. I point mostly at the official rather than the league. They may have tried to convince him to make the right call. But didn't, possibly couldn't.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:26 PM ^
no, not sarcasm. Saying "I meant to blow the whistle earlier" is complete crap.
November 19th, 2009 at 4:55 AM ^
particularly when it's a goal.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:17 PM ^
Eerily similar thing happened last season in the Western Conference Finals against Anaheim. Ref lost sight of the puck, blew the whistle after it was knocked in by Hossa, but it was disallowed because the ref "meant" to blow it sooner. Wings get screwed, lose the game.
What a crock of shit.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:24 PM ^
I think it's this type of shit that causes Wings fans to feel there's a conspiracy.
This was a total BS call tonight.
November 19th, 2009 at 5:03 AM ^
The puck was still loose in the crease when the ref blew the whistle prior to the goal in that game. The reason they said the ref did it was because he lost sight of the puck.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:36 AM ^
The screw job last night was a lot worse. Hossa's goal against Anaheim was a split second play. Even though the ref shouldn't have blown the whistle, it's clear he could have intended to blow it as Hossa was slapping the puck. Last night, the fucking puck was in the net for at least a couple of seconds before the whistle was blown. There's simply no way that the ref could have intended to blow the whistle before it was a goal. I wasn't all that outraged over the Hossa goal being disallowed, but the ref responsible for last night's fiasco should either be suspended or fired. I rank it about on par with the idiotic call by the replay officials in last year's Michigan State game that gave Brandon Minor a touchdown. This is one of the two or three worst calls that I have ever seen in professional sports. I'm not all that concerned about the outcome because Dallas beat us by two goals anyways and it's just the regular season, but I'm getting sick and tired of shitty officiating it seems like in every sport, and it's getting worse.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:19 PM ^
Exact same thing happened to UM in the Tourney almost a decade (perhaps more) ago. Shegos called off a goal bc he had meant to blow the whistle and had done so "in his head" before the puck went in.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:25 PM ^
SHEGOS! *BLOOD PRESSURE RISING* He is a total jackass.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:41 AM ^
Except for when he brings the student section candy.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:20 PM ^
That sucked a lot, but Ireland still got screwed worse today.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:34 PM ^
I'm so confused. Exactly when did the ref intend to blow the whistle? The puck went in on the May shot, and there was clearly a three second lapse before the whistle was actually blown. Different game had they allowed it.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:37 PM ^
Bet the over at 50.5. Seemed like a good bet. Until Ball State scored just 3 points in about 6 red zone visits. Pathetic. Score just one TD and the Chips feel justified to score again themselves. Instead they put on the brakes at 35 points. Why the hell did I think the over was a safer bet than CMU at -15?? Jamiemac?
November 18th, 2009 at 10:54 PM ^
That is the rule, it does go against the wings quite often tho
November 18th, 2009 at 10:57 PM ^
with the rule of calling things off because of the intent to blow the whistle. ¡¡¡BUT!!! If they are going to call off goals because of the intent to blow the whistle, then I think they need to think back every time they blow the whistle and put time back onto the clock accordingly. Otherwise it becomes not only pretty much the most subjective call possible, but also lacks consistency. If it's going to be a rule, it needs to always be a rule.
P.S. If you think about how ridiculous it would be to actually add time back to the clock after every whistle, you'll probably notice that I actually do think it's a dumb rule. If the puck comes loose in the >1 seconds it takes to blow the whistle, then the ref shouldn't be blowing the play dead in the first place, in my opinion. Using it as a cop out several seconds later is ridiculous and deserves severe chastisement.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:10 AM ^
The officiating in all sports has become so shoddy the last few years that it is impossible for most to not beieve that the officials often have an agenda that doesn't involve calling the game down the middle. I pro sports, their unions want to defend them and file grievances against the leagues that try to discipline officials, but they only hurt their own cause by making themselves look even worse.
To one as cynical as I can be, the entire sports world is starting to look like a Dan Jenkins novel.