Oh man, the Americans got screwed royally. The 2nd goal scored by Canada should never have counted. Any on or off ice official involved in allowing that goal to stand should not be allowed to officiate for the rest of the tournament.
i watched it... i don't see what the controversy is about - the goalie was not interfered with, the canadian did skate through the blue goal crease area but it was completely independent of the puck at that point. it could be argued that the puck was not visible and should have been whistled dead, but then the camera doesn't necessarily see what the officials see, and might not have been dead at all. besides, i'm not sure what the international rules say about dead pucks. when i was a kid the puck had to be invisible for 3 seconds - now the way the nhl calls it it's almost instantaneous. in this case no way it was 3 seconds... more like a second and a half
whether the whistle blew before or after the goal seems to be a case of 'he said - she said' but the official review called it a goal. theoretically they reviewed the audio as well as the video
seems like a media controversy to me - maybe the media were tired from not being able to wipe their bums properly in their 'inferior accomodations'
as stompin' tom would have said, 'the crowd it roars, buddy scores - it's the good ole hockey game!'
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