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How SAD!!!
Saturday May 24, 2008 @ 08:59 PM EDT
Are we witnessing the demise of the NHL as a legitimate major sports league?
I used to brag to my friends that the NHL used only the best officials and that they let the players determine the outcome of a game.
Unfortunately, this is the second time (Holmstrom’s penalty and the disallowing of a Wings goal) that referees have ruled against Holmstrom and the Wings this playoffs.
Should we just give the Penguins the Cup and forget about the rest of the series?
I hope I am wrong. But, NHL officials could go a long way to reassuring fans that they do want fair officiating by making sure that these two referees have called their last game for this season.
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5 Comments - 2 Replies
Leroy26
May 24 2008 21:09
same referee, same bad call, same result
Can you say Dallas game 4 all over again? Seems funny that it is the same referee making the same wrong call and again taking away a Detroit goal. Who ever it is that grants referee licenses to these folks really need to take a DEEP long hard look at Dan O’Halloran and his calls over the last season invovling Detroit games. It may be coincidence, but there sure seems to be a pattern during the playoffs
xfire_lady
May 24 2008 21:09
Goal should have counted!
The officiating needs to get better!! The following refs are working this game. I think it was Devorski who waved off the goal! I think there will be 4 refs rotating during the finals. Let’s hope Devorski doesn’t work anymore games!
#10 – Paul Devorski
#13 – Dan O’Halloran
twentytwo
May 24 2008 21:08
Exactly...
The league is making the Stanley Cup Playoffs an unbearable watch this year. It really is a shame.
saginawhxc
May 24 2008 21:06
.
It’s tough explaining to my 8 year old son that the league isn’t playing fair, and is actively taking a role in guiding their poster boy to his first cup.