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Game 1 Reaction
By FLiP on April 24th, 2008 11:00 PM |
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I am sitting here in shock and disbelief as I write this. Tonight, I saw a Philadelphia Flyers hockey club play a very brilliant hockey game in which they defeated the Montreal Canadians. The problem is they couldn’t defeat the referees, who allowed two Montreal goals that were a direct result of less than stellar officiating.
The second goal that Montreal scored in the game was a rebound that went off Marty Biron high above the goal. Alex Kovelev hit it in clearly with a high stick. The instant replay showed over and over again that the puck was still above the crossbar when Kovelev’s stick made contact with the puck. Some how the referee, as well as the officials in the War Room in Toronto didn’t see what everyone else watching the replay could see very clearly.
The third goal was scored by Kovelev in the last minutes of the third period on the Power play to tie the game. The power play was a result of a bogus call made on Mike Richards for a knee on knee trip. Once again after seeing various replays, you could clearly see that Richards led with his shoulder and made contact with Alex Kovelev’s shoulder causing Kovelev to spin off balance. It was a completely clean hit.
One bright spot in the game was the play of the fourth line. Jim Dowd, Patrick Thoresen and Steve Downie played very well tonight. That line was responsible for scoring the Flyers second goal tonight. It was scored on a play where Thoresen and Downie worked hard on the boards down low, and they both ultimately received assists on a laser scored by Dowd in the slot.
Unfortunately for the Flyers and the fans, poor officiating ended up costing them the game. It would have been huge if the Flyers were able to take Game One on the road. Unfortunately a victory was snatched from their grasp. Despite of the outcome, the Flyers played a well fought game. I hope they use this as motivation and come out on fire on Saturday night.
This loss is definitely a tough one to swallow.
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Are you kidding me? First, I need to mention I am neither a Flyers or Canadians fan. But this is typical Philly reaction (everyone cheated us). Look at the CBC broadcast highlights and let me know where you see the puck when it was hit with the stick. I can give you a hint (below the crossbar).
That WAS a penalty on Mike Richards, like it or not. Read the rule, watch the rplay again and then try to make an argument why it is not. Apparantly every anyalyst on VS, CBC and MSG (includes former player analysts) is wrong, and YOU are right. You should probably get a job for one of those networks.
Whether you like to believe it or not, penalties occur. I need not remind you that you won in game 7 on an OVERTIME power play. They let a lot of things go up until that point, but at the end of the day, it was the right call to make. Do us all a favor and try to have some commen sense when posting things. I can’t stand to always hear everyone in Philly cry about how they got screwed by refs in every single sport. Sometimes you are better than your opponent, and sometimes you are not.
Do me a favor and write an article the first time a legitimate goal is scored against your team. I love to read about history when it is made.
Finally, I have not heard one peep out of a Phily sports fan when bad calls are made in their favor. Why is it that not one person ever says, “Horrible call! If we score now it should be discounted”? The perfect example, when you scored a playoff goal against Buffalo (I think) and it went through a hole in the side of the net. They realized what happened, sewed the hole, yet allowed the goal anyway. Were you crying about the refs then too?
I agree. quit crying. I’m a Rangers fan, and sure Sidney Crosby embellished that last penalty and of course I was cursing at the ref at the time…but I mean, come on, my team blew a 3-0 lead. Take care of the puck and you won’t need to worry about officiating.