Dalls Stars vs. Detroit Red Wings - No Goal For You!
Written by Jay   
Thursday, 19 November 2009 16:18

Detroit Red Wings vs. Dallas Stars - No Goal For You?

During last night's game involving the Detroit Red Wings and the Dallas Stars, the referees made a questionable call which resulted in a Detroit goal not being counted.  To effecuate this decision, they've relied on the "intent to blow" rule.  For Red Wings fans, the officiated decision itself just blows.  How does this embarrasing decision reflect on the league itself?

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Mike Babcock's reaction to the decision

"The guy never meant to blow the whistle ... It was a shot. It was in on the shot. It's as dumb as I've ever seen."

Having watched the Youtube video for myself, I would tend to agree that it was a really bad call.  If I were a Detroit Red Wings fan, I would probably be pretty pissed off about the goal being disallowed.  On the bright side, the Detroit Red Wings are still a very good hockey team and in the grand scheme of things, it probably won't ultimately make a big difference in their season.

Over at Babcock's Death Stare, Kyle Kujawa had these remarks:

Despite this, LaRue is still somehow employed. Other items on his resume include being one of the two referees on the ice in the Stanley Cup Finals when Pittsburgh had six players in the attacking zone for 20+ seconds, and according to his first two Google hits, blowing a video review call (hey, there's a trend here) in an Islanders/Sabres match and missing a cheap shot on Saku Koivu that put him out for extended time.

So last night, LaRue, a longtime fan of the Red Wings, puts on his game face and decides to enrage the hockey population by disallowing a clear goal.

As for bad officiating, during the Oilers third game this season on October 8th, 2009 against the Calgary Flames, Rene Bourque himself scored with 2 seconds remaining on the clock.  From many angles, it appeared that the goal was redirected into Edmonton's net from a high-stick.  Bourque's goal was allowed.  Of the two questionable calls, I would give the nod to Detroit's goal without question as being a far more egregious call.

Here's the replay of Bourque's goal--unfortunately, the only version available on NHL.com is the one from the worst possible angle--to hide the obvious high-stick?

 

 



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