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League Officials Are Idiots
by Paul on 05/03/08 at 07:07 AM ET
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from Jennifer Floyd Engel of the Star-Telegram,
Ugly, unfair, unlucky—how else do you describe Stars captain Brenden Morrow registering a disallowed hat trick?
He slapped, kicked and gloved three pucks across the goal line in Game 5. Only one went on the scoreboard.
The kick is the one up for debate. It was the overturned goal.
“No, absolutely not,” said Stars coach Dave Tippett when asked about Morrow kicking in the goal. “He had no idea where it was. How could he have kicked it? We had two critical calls go against us. I think there is frustration with not winning, but we’re going to use it.”
Let’s just end that debate, shall we? The NHL embarrassed itself by disallowing the goal and with its logic for doing so. Morrow had scored with 4:29 left in the second, the way he usually does. He was in front of the net, locked up with a Sharks defenseman, and the puck went in off of his skate.
This is not against the rules. It is only naughty if the player kicks the goal in. The league ruled he had, thus disallowing the goal. The league officials, of course, are idiots.
added 4:47pm, As Tony just pointed out, the original link is dead and I found one that replaces it. Here you go... and yes, text has changed…
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