ABC's "Nightline" examines "worst calls ever" tonight

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I just think that the league was mistaken and that rule was ridiculous. I'm glad that the goal counted.

As a rules junkie, you are being incredibly hypocritical in agreeing with a very specific rule being ignored. You just lost a lot of credibility with me.

[TussAgee11]

Thought I would chime in...

Frankly, it was a 3 OT Game 7, that means I'd been skating for at least 100 minutes. Hull scores, hell breaks loose, everybody is on the ice.

Here comes the cup!

But wait, that a-hole ref wants to review it! What! His toe was in the crease! That is rediculous!

Everyone off the ice, go put that Cup back on ice, we need to zamboni the ice because of all the crap that is out here now. Maybe get started in 20 minutes. Go pull the Sabres from the locker room. What? LaFontaine just left the building?

What ESPN? You need this game over because ratings are dwindling fast? Gary, what say you?

"Mr. Fraser, you shouldn't have reviewed the goal, we needed the game to be over in dramatic fashion".

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Sometimes, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. No matter what, somebody is going to be pissed off. Notice how a proper enforcement of a rule (the Tuck Rule) made the list? because that is how people remember it - the a-hole ref. No matter if you get it right or get it wrong, even when it comes down to a RULE, not even judgement, it doesn't matter. You're wrong.

Didn't the Cards lose game 7 by about 50 runs anyway?

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Thought I would chime in...

Frankly, it was a 3 OT Game 7, that means I'd been skating for at least 100 minutes. Hull scores, hell breaks loose, everybody is on the ice.

Here comes the cup!

But wait, that a-hole ref wants to review it! What! His toe was in the crease! That is rediculous!

Everyone off the ice, go put that Cup back on ice, we need to zamboni the ice because of all the crap that is out here now. Maybe get started in 20 minutes. Go pull the Sabres from the locker room. What? LaFontaine just left the building?

What ESPN? You need this game over because ratings are dwindling fast? Gary, what say you?

"Mr. Fraser, you shouldn't have reviewed the goal, we needed the game to be over in dramatic fashion".

The game was in Buffalo, so I doubt the crowd or anyone other than the Dallas Stars would have cared if they did the right thing and reviewed the play.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Smitty

The game was in Buffalo, so I doubt the crowd or anyone other than the Dallas Stars would have cared if they did the right thing and reviewed the play.

...and the rest of Canada.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Smitty

As a rules junkie, you are being incredibly hypocritical in agreeing with a very specific rule being ignored. You just lost a lot of credibility with me.

My only response to that is that the game was called a certain way and the rules were written a certain way for 70+ years, but it just so happened that for this brief time (a season or so) the NHL brass chose to mess with the rule. It didn't work out and this play shows why it was a poor idea. If this play had happened in any other season, no one would have any problem with the goal. What was done that year was counter to long standing hockey tradition and rules.

JMO.