Last Word On The Officials In Game 1

by Joe Dunman on Apr 10, 2008 12:40 PM MDT in News Comment 15 comments

Greg at Deadspin posted this photo today:

That's David Jones getting the crap cross-checked out of him by Martin Skoula, you know, right before the refs waved off the goal because Jones' foot touched it. Well, I checked the NHL rule book and sure enough, cross-checking is illegal. Skoula was not called for a penalty.

Again, I know it's lame to bellyache about poor officiating, but this crap is pretty ridiculous. Seriously, if it's this bad again in game 2, I just might have to do something about it. Which means I'll probably just shake my fist at the television and cuss a lot, but I swear I'll do it real hard!

UPDATE: Looks like bad karma has a quick turnaround.

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oh yeah

I remember seeing that last night (they showed it on Alt but the Altidudes were talking about something else at the time). Honestly, I had forgotten all about it until now.

Oh, and not only was it a crosscheck but it was interference - Jones was nowhere near a puck.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Apr 10, 2008 12:45 PM MDT reply actions

but i thought the officiating was fair

by thedoctor on Apr 10, 2008 12:51 PM MDT up reply actions

Re: but i thought...

ZING!!!

by Joe Dunman on Apr 10, 2008 12:53 PM MDT up reply actions

touche

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Apr 10, 2008 12:54 PM MDT up reply actions

maybe it was a disbelief factor

by the refs, because Skoula actually hit someone. Skoula looking mean? LOL! Brutal non-call, and they missed a few on Burns as well. Seriously, ONE PP for all of the crap that Minny pulled? Just fricken wow. I agree that I was sweatin' on the Hejduk trip, but after 3 periods of one-sided bs, maybe the refs figured they had already earned their payola on the side?

by Bob in Boulder on Apr 10, 2008 12:57 PM MDT reply actions

Not to beat a dead horse

but it seemed pretty fair sided. Aside from the picture above, the #1 missed call probably went the Avs way on that Hejduk trip. Everybody but one Avs defenseman and one Avs forward + Backstrom quit playing. I'm pretty sure the Altitude director had cued up a commercial cuz The Duke was heading to the box.

These things have a way of evening out over a series. We may be the beneficiaries of some blatent nearsidedness by the zebras once the series goes back to Le Can. Or, the other extreme where the next game swings so far the other way that they call EVERYTHING on EVERYBODY and the game has no flow.

by Mike @ MHH on Apr 10, 2008 1:02 PM MDT up reply actions

What I meant was

It seemed pretty LOP-sided or unfair. Wow did I bungle that whole sentence... I blame lack of sleep.

by Mike @ MHH on Apr 10, 2008 1:03 PM MDT up reply actions

Hejduk's reaction

I loved Hejduk's face when he wasn't called on that.

TSN zoomed in on his face and he had to have been thinking "What the hell? The refs are retarded for missing that."

by Drakenlot on Apr 11, 2008 7:39 AM MDT up reply actions

coincidence?

uh, probably.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Apr 10, 2008 1:29 PM MDT reply actions

Re: coincidence?

First of all, if Skoula doesn’t play and you don’t think that makes things a whole lot worse, you’re letting your dislike for Skoula blind you to reality.

No, no, my dislike for Skoula is a reflection of reality.

by Joe Dunman on Apr 10, 2008 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions