Nope. But it was close. The thing that pissed me off most about it was that Toronto took about 15 sec to decide that it was a goal. A play that close, even leaning toward being reversed, in my opinion needs a longer review. Oh and I forgot how much I don’t like Pronger and company.

Posted by Sp4r7an on 10/30/08 at 07:17 AM ET

No it was not, and I agree that a longer review was needed.  Not that it matters to the Wings, but a decision like that could determine a playoff spot later in the season.  The Ducks will sure need that extra point down the road   Great game though, but way too many penalties.  The whole game was a Duck love fest by the refs.  Pronger is a sasquatch and goon!

Posted by yzer19man from Chicago on 10/30/08 at 07:24 AM ET

Every time I watch the Ducks play, NHL officiating sets a new lower-bound standard for itself.

Forget the high-stick called a goal, I’m wondering how the ref misses Cleary take a cross-check across the kidney in the Ducks’ zone 30 seconds prior. Or how Samuelsson gets a penalty that sets up the Ducks’ first goal because he stood up for a teammate that got dangerously hit from behind by Corey Perry.

Posted by Nathan on 10/30/08 at 08:01 AM ET

It was an obvious high stick so it should have been ruled no goal. And if it had been the Wings shooting that goal, you know they would have ruled it down.

Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 10/30/08 at 08:22 AM ET

I was watching last night, I decided to splurge and get Center Ice for the first time this year.  Disclaimer, I’m a Washington Capitals STH, but I don’t really have any major biases for/against either of these teams.

I thought the review went too quickly, and I disagree with the call on the ice.  No goal.

Posted by GregAnnapolis on 10/30/08 at 09:51 AM ET

Need an ice level view to be sure of anything. It certainly looked like it could have been high, but depth from that angle is hard to judge.

Posted by false_cause from DC on 10/30/08 at 11:17 AM ET

Mike Murphy of the NHL stated on NHL Live that the video must show the puck is CLEARLY above the crossbar.  If not conclusive, goal and that was the case last night.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 10/30/08 at 11:27 AM ET

The angle being shown in all of the highlights makes it iffy but it looks like his stick was above the crossbar. Two things convinced me that it was not a goal. One was a side-angle replay shown on the local FSN coverage of the game. That showed pretty conclusively that his stick was above the bar when he touched the puck but was quickly below the bar after that because of the downward motion of the stick.

The second “convincer” for me is this quote from Beauchemin:

“It was just instinct,” Beauchemin said. “The puck was right there. I just tried to tap it in. You don’t wait for it to come lower then (sic) the crossbar. You just hit it and hope it’s good.”

He knew it was above the bar when he hit it…but he hit it anyway because it’s just “instinct” to do so. All in all, a pathetic job by the entire crew of refs and Lil’ Gary’s boys in Toronto.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 10/30/08 at 11:29 AM ET

I’m really surprised someone hasn’t yet mentioned Pronger’s elbow to Datsyuk’s head.  They showed a replay on “NHL on the Fly” this morning.  Not a hockey play, Datsyuk was nowhere near the puck and yet no call.  Pronger gets away with this crap all the time.  If the NHL is not going to look at these kinds of hits and hand out suspensions then they lose all credibility regarding head shots.

Posted by calquake on 10/30/08 at 12:22 PM ET

I’m really surprised someone hasn’t yet mentioned Pronger’s elbow to Datsyuk’s head.

It’s been mentioned in this thread…
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/clean_head_hits/

And it was indeed an intentional hit to the head. But you’d expect no less (or is it no more) than that from a coward like Chrissy.

The whole Ducks team played like a bunch of goons last night. As a poster at Red Wings Central said earlier today, “The Wings know, absolutely know, MUST know by this point that every time they play Anaheim, Anaheim is going to use their “overwhelm the ref with fouls” tactic and commit fouls the entire game because they know A. the refs won’t call ALL of them and B. the refs will even it out.”

IMO, the Ducks have officially become the most disgusting team in the league. An idiot for a GM. An idiot for a coach. And a team full of head-hunting, cheap-shot goons. Absolutely disgusting!

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 10/30/08 at 12:52 PM ET

And a team full of head-hunting, cheap-shot goons. Absolutely disgusting!

its the only way they know how to play!  It was a fun game to watch.  Especially with all the transplants and octopi.  And I’m not taking this loss very hard.  Thats how they have to play in order to be competitive against the Wings.

Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/30/08 at 01:21 PM ET

Maybe a little investigative journalism into the refs-ducks love affair is of order?  This goal was terrible and when you look back on everything, the Wings should be going for cup #3 this season.

Posted by mango from Chicago on 10/30/08 at 06:26 PM ET