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Originally Posted by Welpe
My guess is one of them was starting early when he went to drop the puck. Usually after a couple of times of this, the linesman or referee will dismiss the player that keeps going early and have another come and take the faceoff.
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I did notice that players did switch out, as they were early into the zone. It also looks like there was some chirping happening that needed to cease as well.
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Originally Posted by Welpe
I thought it was an excellent game except for the shootout. I wished the game had ended in a tie after regulation instead of that ugly performance (Datsyuk's goal withstanding).
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They should of gone back to the old rule set of a Continuous OT.
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Originally Posted by Welpe
The players were trying too hard in that to handle the puck like it was an indoor game.
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The play-by-play said several times that the snow on the ice changed the puck dynamics/handling. It just seems that the players forgot during line changes how the surface conditions were & systematically went with what was natural to them.