2009-10 NHL Thread

Has Hartnell been taking lessons and/or advice from Mike Tyson?

 

That was a helluva finish.

4-0!

 

That was bullshit. Should never have gone to overtime. That was a high stick goal. I have no idea what the replay guys were looking at because Bourque clearly contacted the puck at shoulder height. Complete horse shit.

 

Are going to be? We already are being.

He was standing straight up, and if his stick is at his shoulders when he deflected the puck, unless he's Theo Fleury, that should have been no-goal.

 

http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26493

80.1 High-sticking the Puck – Batting the puck above the normal height of the shoulders with a stick is prohibited. When a puck is struck with a high stick and subsequently comes into the possession and control of a player from the offending team (including the player who made contact with the puck), either directly or deflected off any player or official,there shall be a whistle.

When a puck has been contacted by a high stick, the play shall be permitted to continue, provided that:

(i) the puck has been batted to an opponent (when a player bats the puck to an opponent, the Referee shall give the “washout” signal immediately. Otherwise, he will stop the play).

(ii) a player of the defending side shall bat the puck into his own goal in which case the goal shall be allowed.

 

6:10 of clip, contact with puck is below his shoulders.

Sorry, beef.

 

It's still close enough to his shoulders, that there is no question that the the puck was contacted above the crossbar. I'm just using his shoulder as my guide. the net is only four feet tall, the puck was hit above that.

 

But the crossbar has nothing to do with it anymore. The rule, as previously posted, has changed.

 

You didn't read far enough down.

80.3 Disallowed Goal – When an attacking player causes the puck to enter the opponent’s goal by contacting the puck above the height of the crossbar, either directly or deflected off any player or official, the goal shall not be allowed. The determining factor is where the puck makes contact with the stick. If the puck makes contact with the stick below the level of the crossbar and enters the goal, this goal shall be allowed.

A goal scored as a result of a defending player or goalkeeper striking the puck with his stick carried above the height of the crossbar of the goal frame into his own goal shall be allowed.

 

Crap ... I didn't. Sorry.

Oh well. Goal stands. 4-0. Suck it.

 

Like EF said, Oilers fans are going to be a tortured bunch this year.