5 Brutal Blown Calls That Changed NHL History
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Today we're peeling back the curtain on some of the WORST, history altering calls we've ever seen in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Calls that cost team's dearly, and changed the course of history in the NHL for their franchise. Let's dive in!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:52-2:21 - 2017 Nashville Predators
2:22-3:48 - 1980 Philadelphia Flyers
3:49-5:31 - 2004 Calgary Flames
5:32-7:26 - 1993 Toronto Maple Leafs
7:27-9:44 - 1999 Buffalo Sabres
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The NHL's most brutal call was hiring Gary Bettman as Commissioner...
No argument here!
Hiring Pronger and Shanahan for player safety
@@meifert2There would be no suspensions haha
What? You don't like American lawyers who don't give a shit about Canada? Ha, me neither. Watch Bon Cop Bad Cop. It's a great Quebec movie that's about the Nordiques moving and Gary Buttman is the villain
@@jonathanduplantis1403😂
I don’t know what's worse, an early whistle or that "intent to blow" BS.
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Intent to blow means: You have seen a reason to whistle the play dead, but since you are a human, it takes a short time to put the whistle into your mouth and whistle.
Whistle does NOT mean the play is dead there. It means there has already happened something that has killed the play, and whistle is just an indicator for everyone to stop playing. No whistle ever comes exactly when the play is considered dead. There is always a human delay.
Where the ref is standing it probably looked like Murray had it. He literally can't see through him. He blows the play dead. Unfortunate lol I've watched the pens lose games because of this 🤷♂️
@@RoyalMela but here’s why it shouldn’t be ruled that way. Let’s say the whistle is ACTUALLY blown in a situation like that. Even if it turns out to have been an error by the official, you have to say that a goal after that can’t count. That’s because even if it was a blown call, the other team could claim, possibly quite justifiably, that once the whistle blew, they let up.
There can be no such claim in a case where the official hadn’t yet blown the whistle. So in a situation like that, the official’s attitude should be, “Wow, I was going to blow the whistle there but couldn’t do it in time. Thank God for that, because that would’ve been an injustice.”
I realize this is dictated not by the officials but by the league. It’s a terrible policy, and it puts the officials in the awful position of being the bad guys because of a mistake that didn’t actually have to affect the game.
In 1993, if a player made another player bleed through the high sticking action, they were ejected from the game.
All but one player.
and his name was Wayne Gretzky
Yes a brutal and blatant injustice.
@@davecollin9290 amen!
you nailed it
If you looked at a couple shots of the camera at The Great One, he actually thought he was gonna get the 5 minute major and a game misconduct.
That Preds no goal is literally the worst one, that's the most obvious bad call I've ever seen and I can't believe the league didn't step in. You can't have something like that in the Stanley Cup finals
Preach!
The officials set the tone in game 1 by calling that play offsides in the challenge when there was NO way to determine if his skate lifted or not. That changed the dynamic of the entire cup final that year. Oh, and then the penalty called against Subban for roughing when Crosby was repeatedly slamming his head into the ice. Head to toe, worst officiating in a final ever.
What? A ref losing sight of the puck and blowing the whistle like they're taught to do? It happens all the time 😂 it's literally a rule, refs blow the whistle when you lose sight of it. 🤷♂️ ref did his job, unfortunately thats the outcome lol get fucked preds fans 😂
During the decade of NHL sucking Crosby's D.....
What isnt spoken about is those same refs did not give the Pens a PP the rest of the game, and gave the Preds 3, including a prolonged 2 man advantage in the 3rd period they could not capitalize on. The Pens knew they would not get a call the rest of the game, and powered through it
Preds also got screwed in game 1 by that absolutely horrendous offside call. They literally changed the rule because of it
Ya also that one!
they were going to lose awayways
@@washworks7630 Were they though…?
@@washworks7630 yeah they probably would have lost but everyone would’ve preferred a game 7 at least. And everyone would have preferred a final without controversy caused by refs and a horrible offside call
The Preds just straight up got screwed that entire series. The officials were all over Crosby’s dick
You cannot assume a 3-dimensional object's position in space from a two-dimensional point of view. A puck can easily look like it's crossed the goal line if it's above the ice surface and shot from the centre-ice camera.
Yea but Calgary fans will never let that goal go.
In 1993 there was no Eastern or Western conferences. They were the Wales and Campbell conferences.
Correct!
1995 Quebec Nordiques, Andy Van Hellemond blows the whistle in his mind, costing the Nordiques a crucial goal and eventually the series.
Oooh another good one!
If you look at the animation of the goal line on the Calgary goal, it doesn't even match the actual goal line. I don't have a dog in the fight but I've never been convinced that Puck went in
I know. It's all about the angle. It just looks like it went in.
@@manicmike333 It looks like it went in. It probably did. The video evidence is inconclusive. A lot of people seem to misinterpret "it's uncertain, so we can't overturn the call on the ice" as "it didn't go in".
As a Flames fan “IT WAS IN!!!”
Great video. Just an editing suggestion (and maybe I'm alone in this)... The cuts, sound effects, visual layovers are quite daunting. When you're showing hockey footage in the back during these times I feel like I'm supposed to be looking for something and then suddenly visuals are flashing over the video and I feel like I'm missing something important. It's quite distracting. I think limiting this technique or maybe having pictures in background instead of moving video in those circumstances would improve the watching experience a lot!
Thank you! Always appreciate feedback! Have been getting a few of these comments so will for sure adjust in future videos
Great video
Thank you! Appreciate it!
2019 Stanley Cup Finals Game 5. At the 10:36 mark of the third period, Boston Bruins forward Noel Acciari is tripped from behind by St Louis Blues forward Tyler Bozak, sending Accari to the ice hard, losing the puck in the process. Referee Kelly Sutherland let play continue, as St. Louis's David Perron scored with Acciari still down on the ice to bring the game to 2-0. Perron's goal from O'Reilly and Bozak would prove to be the game winning goal, as the Bruins couldn't complete the comeback. The game 5 final was 2-1, giving the Blues a 3 games to 2 series lead. The Bruins battled back to win game 6 in St. Louis and force game 7, but the Blues ultimately won the series.
Sutherland had a clear view of the trip and chose to let the play continue. With the series going to 7 games, it's reasonable to say that this non-call changed the entire outcome of the finals.
Oh thats also a good one too!
As a Blues fan, im sorry about your loss. My condolences 😂
I can tell you as a Sabres fan, the entire franchise and fan base still has a bone to pick with Dallas ever since that incident in 1999!
Oh for sure haha
You deserve much more than 800 subscribers
Thank you! Slowly growing :)
Forgot to add the unnecessary whistle that helped vegas win a game vs Florida.
Also that!
Kerry Fraser (again) blown call on the Nordique's Alain Côté's good goal in the 1987 playoffs vs the Canadiens
Love Kerry but he had a few hiccups in his day
@@beyond_thebenchHe cared more about his hair than his job sometimes 😂.
@@kevinstull8552haha He did have great hair that’s for sure!
@@beyond_thebench how do you "love" the worst ref in NHL history??😂
preds got screwed so bad in 2017
Dude, the Preds missed call was brutal. I am biased as I am a Preds fan. But, you cannot convince me that goal shouldn’t have counted. That should have forced a game 7 and who knows from there.
Mhmmm!
I don’t consider the Preds one a blown call when compared to the others. The refs are told to blow the whistle if they lose sight of the puck. The ref did what they were supposed to, even though the result was unfortunate. There was no missed violation, just an unfortunate early whistle with the correct intention in mind.
All of the other examples were obvious rule violations and/or missed penalties which is the ref not doing what they are supposed to do.
I don’t consider the ref doing what they are supposed to a blown call. I consider the refs not doing what they are supposed to (call a penalty, wave off a goal, call an offsides, etc.) a blown call.
Thats a fair point!
The graphics go crazy! Fantastic video
Thanks so much!! We put a lot of time into the vids!
Before 1995, there were blown calls all the time, and I'm not saying that was a good thing. But I don't think it was because of a league wide, front office bias for or against certain teams. There were 24 teams in the NHL and that system, apart from the recession that ultimately took 2 Canadian teams, things were going well, at least from a fan perspective. After 1995, the blown calls seem to be a little more deliberate and frequent.
Totally! Excellent points!
I mean... most of these didn't actually change the NHL. The Sharks/Blues handpass in 2019 was so bad it actually resulted in changes to the NHL rulebook. And, arguably, resulted in every single call going against the Sharks the rest of the series. It handed the Sharks the game, but in actuality was the end of an era for hockey in San Jose. They haven't won a playoff game since.
Yaaa that’s a good one too!
Somehow, the TB Lightning's consecutive Cups in 2020-21 after the zebras blew calls against them in the semifinals vs the NY Islanders both years seem to have cancelled each other out for this list.
Ya I’d say back to back cups cancel out haha
The hand pass game 6 of first round vs bruins - panthers
Note that the Gretzky missed call occurred right after Bettman became commissioner. Now he’s adjusted the entire league so it’s slanted against Canadian teams.
Specifically the Leafs!
Bozak's slew foot on Acciari in the 2019 Stanley Cup finals has to be up there. If the refs get that right (5-minute major + game misconduct), the Bruins bury the Blues in game 5 and go up 3-1. From there, no way the Blues come back.
Also a good one ya!
Are you even sure that the Bruins would have even scored had they been handed a penalty on that play with how good the Blues defense was that year. It was a 1-1 game at that point in the game and the only time the Blues looked worse than the opposition in the 2019 playoffs is when they were trailing. I highly doubt a single penalty would have made the Blues defense fall apart for the rest of the series. Also the series was tied 2-2 prior to game 5. I don’t know how you got the Bruins up 3-1 in the series as potential result from game 5, but I guess math isn’t everybody’s strong suit.
I watched that game 6 between Toronto and LA. Im a Kings fan but it was obvious the Leafs were robbed. Should have been a 5 minute major for Gretzky.
Leafs fans appreciate you saying that haha
Blues tripping Acciari and then scoring after taking the puck from him in 2019 changed the whole final series
They had two games afterwards to help themselves, but choked in game 7 at home. You can thank Brad Marchand for Boston not winning in 2019 lol
@@desmondblake931 lol that goal ended up standing as a game winner and Boston would’ve been 1 game away instead of 2 so your point is invalidate. It was a blown call that changed the whole series, just because you’re a blues fan doesn’t mean you get to change reality
That missed offsides in 1980, wasn't a bang-bang play either. The puck was literally a foot outside the blue line and was brought back into the zone. Stickle was out of position (i.e. not right on the blue line) and may have missed the call because of that.
Oh ya it was big time offside haha
The Islanders were heavily favored in the 80s. The famous towel wave was started in 1982 in the canucks vs islanders Stanley cup finals when the canucks head coach "threw in the towel" and was ejected for it by the refs.
NUMBER 5: Blown call or rule that needs to be amended? Yes, it was unfortunate and terrible, and yes the Predators got screwed out of a goal, but the referee simply did as instructed, and blew the play dead when he lost sight of the puck. I've seen similar plays far too often, and often enough that I can't believe the NHL hasn't seemed to ever consider looking at it.
Ya happens too often. You’d think with all the tech in the game they’d have a solution for that by now
Missing Calgary’s Stanley cup winning goal in the 2004 finals! Torts would be coaching minor league teams over the last 20 years had the refs made the right call.
True!! 😂
Flyers fans have hated Stickle ever since.
As a Leaf fan, I vividly remember the blown call, and have hated Fraser since. Having said that, I still think the Sabres and their fans were the ones with the most to complain about, they got screwed.
Leaf fans will never forget until they finally win a Cup and break the curse haha
Grew up playing hockey in upstate New York in the 90s; the Sabres were everything to me and most kids I played with. And while that sucked I think what's been really killing us is that players don't want to live in Buffalo. Despite being just across the border from Canada we're still a US city and hockey is not our national sport. Through in the water problems, lack of jobs, and everything else Buffalo has been unable to attract new talent and has been going through a rebuild now for well over a decade. So for my own mental health (particularly when the Eichel era came upon us) I traded my Sabres cap for a Rangers one. I still cheer for Buffalo - I think we are one of the best sports communities of all time - but so long as problems continue in that city we're going to be an underdog team. If Buffalo were to face the New York Rangers in the playoffs I would probably cheer for Buffalo, but I wouldn't be holding my breath.
Well said!
Before watching, I'm guessing that the foot in the crease, Duchene's missed offside call, and the Preds no-goal from the whistle being blown too early. Let's see how I do lol.
Well as the great Meatloaf says, 2 out of 3 ain't bad. In all seriousness, Duchene's missed offside call really should've been on here. It's partly because of that that the NHL now has coaches challenges for missed offsides call.
😂 not bad! Ya Duchene’s insane missed offside was definitely considered!
Not sure how the Slew foot on Accarii by the blues in game 5 that led right to a goal wasn't on this list ?
Short list! Maybe we should do a part 2?
@beyond_thebench for sure !! . That missed call won em the cup for sure . Debrusk scored a few mins later that would've tied it . Instead of making it 2-1.
Honestly dude, I think your content (Audio, Story Telling, Historical perspective) are all good but the video editing is too chaotic. Every 60 to 90 frames in the video it seems like there's another effect wipe, zoom, flash, flicker, or other video effect that ,when used in a little bit more sparing of a fashion, can draw someone's attention. However, I feel, too much of it makes the video very difficult to watch.
I think what you're doing is really good from what I've seen and this is just my feedback so if other people are telling you that they like that then ignore me.
Appreciate it man! Others have said similar actually so definitely going to take it into consideration for the next one!
Pretty much every call Kerry Frazier, Dave Jackson, and Bill McCreary made was a blown call.
Ya its an unfortunate list for them haha
Walkom and McCreary were awful. Always were. Yet got big assignments. Never understood that.
Yup! Agree
Why were the Leafs in the Western Conference?
They were in the Campbell Conference up until 1981/82 when the league realigned. Which at the time would be considered the West
Wanna throw in a honorable mention as a Panthers fan, the Trocheck was tripped incident in 2016 Round 1 vs the Islanders. Islanders down 1-0 with empty net game 6 (up 3-2) Tavares trips Trocheck with a minute left when Trocheck was about to score on the empty netter, and then Smith also gets tripped right infront. Both go uncalled Tavares then ties the game on the same play (And then scores in OT to end the series) Was absolutely furious as a Panthers fan.
Also good ones ya!
Idc what you guys think that flames goal wasn't a goal it didn't go all the way in.
This would be a decent watch except for all the crap on the screen all the time. Just show the play and describe what’s happening.
Even if that puck went in for Calgary it was certainly kicked in
That is not a kick at all
I think they should allow kicking in goals anyway lol
1980! Leon Stickle!
Great idea.
Tho:
Too many “stickers”. Takes away from viewing experience.
for sure. The editing was too obnoxious.
Fair, appreciate the feedback!
Is the audio for this AI generated? Please tell me it is.
Haha It’s not. That’s a real person talking with a real person doing the post production.
The 2004 Stanley Cup was NOT a goal. The puck was a few inches off the ice and the shadow was not depicted in this replay. If the shadow was visible, it would have been about halfway over the goal line and therefore not a goal. Recreations prove this. Just stop the video at 4:23 and mentally draw a shadow downward about 2 inches from the puck and you will see the shadow on top of the red line.
Or waaas it a goal? Lol Ya its clear it wasn’t, makes for great conversation tho!
Gary Bettman decides who wins the cup…
Literally tho haha
Game 5 when the refs missed the tripping call in 2019 finals Bs against blues.
Everyone including most of the blues stopped playing becuase it was such an obvious egregious trip
But the game didn’t stop, free goal, blues win. Boston wins game 6, which should have been the 4th win if the call hadn’t been blown.
Game 7 they then blow it so profoundly as to make me wonder why the stopped caring? Also Brad Marchands amazing desicion to head to the bench and leave petrangelo in defended with 7 seconds left in game he period
But hey… I’m not traumatized…😅 “eye twitch”
We’re also traumatized haha (closet Leaf fans).
How are you certain the Bruins would have won Game 5 if a penalty was called as it was a tie game at 1-1. The only time the 2019 Blues defense would collapse in the 2019 playoffs was when they were trailing. It would have been a 50/50 crapshoot as to who would have won game 5 if a penalty was called on the play. I forgot who scored the Blues goal on that play, but everyone on the Bruins stopped playing despite the lack of a whistle resulting in a grade A chance that gave the Blues the lead and had the Bruins kept playing I highly doubt the Blues score on that sequence. Which is the reason why you always play to the whistle.
NHL is an absolute joke in officiating. I watch other sports and you see some blown calls but NHL is multiple times every night. Or seeing something called in the early game and the watching a west coast game that same play is nothing or vice versa
Ya it hasn’t gotten a bit bad over the last few years. Not an easy job but it just needs to be more consistent.
If the phantom high stick on Gilmour was so bad, how come you didn't show it? You showed him flopping on the ice 4 or 5 times, but not the moment Gretzky clipped him???
The Leafs still had to play game 7.
But they might have not had to play Game 7… IF the penalty is called. Says every Leaf fan in the world haha
Wait. Why was toronto in the western conderence?
They were in the Campbell Conference for most of the 80’s and 90’s, which was basically what the Western Conference is today. I think it was 98 when they moved to the East.
@beyond_thebench that's super wierd. Toronto is about as east as it gets in terms of Canadian teams. Besides the sens and the habs
@@acemoneymaker8242 Ya it was definitely weird haha
worst: from 1972 to 1974, Vancouver was in the east and Atlanta was in the west .... and even worst ... from 1974 to 1981, Montreal and LA were in the same DIVISION!!!
@@fredericlatreille So crazy haha
McCreary was a bad ref
Great moustache tho 😂
Buffalo should have beaten Dallas n Detroit should have repeated vs Pitt. Those were both rigged due to Bettman hating Detroit n not letting a weak market of Buffalo beating a bigger name city just like any rigging in any sport like NBA or NFL
The Martin Gelinas fiasco was huuuuuge. Having scored the series winning goal in the previous 3 series, this quite possibly could have been the 4th series ending goal AND a cup clincher in 1 post season run.
Had he not been robbed he could have owned an NHL record that would probably stand forever.
It’s still huge apparently, check the comments 😂
Honestly I don’t think the 2017 call was gonna matter. It was one goal called back and Nashville had every opportunity to take the game and they simply failed. The better team was always gonna take the Cup and that was Pittsburgh.
Agree, better team usually comes out on top yeah. Buuut ya never know right!
@@beyond_thebench ya never know is right as well. The funny thing is I remember Pittsburgh getting absolutely 0 power plays that whole game 6 with Nashville getting the power plays. Still nerve racking as hell.
@@Metallicadude3187Playoff hockey is on another level of nerve racking haha
@@Metallicadude3187Yep. Nashville went 0-4 on the PP and the Pens had none.
The fake 5 minute high sticking call on Cody Eakin cost the Vegas Golden Knights dearly It took all their momentum away and they never recovered.
Yep also a good one!
What happens if they call that goal when Kessler opens Talbots pads open. What if a ref nowhere near the play doesn't call a phantom penalty in broberg and pietrangelo gets more than 1 game for trying to injure draisaitl. Plus many many more bs calls against American teams. I haven't spent dollar on tbe league since 2017 and i nvr will again. Well maybe but Buttman will have to be smashed out and a canadian put back in.
Lotta “what if’s” over the years yup. But that’s what keeps people coming back too
gary bettman dislike for Canadian teams is apparent and clear to anyone who looks at the NHL
Don't forget about the offensive zone hand pass goal the Penguins scored in that same series.
Oh ya!
Preds fans are still saallttyy af lol
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If you lose by one bad call then you weren’t good enough to win
One bad call can swing all the momentum of a series tho!
@@beyond_thebench Then you are a bad team if you let that go into your head.
@@beyond_thebenchNot every missed call swings momentum in favor of the team benefiting from the call Just ask the 2019 Sharks about how much that hand pass helped them win that series. Some teams are more resilient than others and don’t let a bad call define their team and take it as a challenge to be overcome, not as some excuse as to why they weren’t successful enough to win. There are certainly exceptions like when a series is ended on a bad call, but most missed calls aren’t of that nature and aren’t the sole reason why a team won or lost a series even if it’s a convenient way to justify a loss.
I love how every one of Tampas cups are tainted in some way. First the 2004 missed goal that kept the game tied, the covid bubble year where games were as intense as exhibition games and because of the buy in round weak teams that had no business being there were, and their 3rd cup was a purchased circumvented cup
Covid cup doesn’t count ya 😂
I don't think the last one is a blown call. I never understood why it got so much outrage and still does. What if it had been called a no goal? What if the Sabres went on to win the cup? What if Dallas missed out on a cup winning goal because of some stupid minor technicality that did not affect the play in any way..?? Now THAT would be an OUTRAGE!
It’s because the rules at the time stated if your skate was in the crease goals don’t count. If it doesnt count, the Sabres still lose because they’re cursed haha
@@beyond_thebench Yeah it was the rule bit it was a stupid rule. I grew up watching hockey in the 90s. It was infuriating constantly seeing goals being reviewed then disallowed because someone's skate was a hair inside the crease. If the goal is allowed then it sucks for the team being scored on. If it's not allowed then it sucks a heck of a lot more for the team that scored a legit goal... Either way it's nothing compared to high sticking someone in the face then scoring the game winning goal the next shift because there was no penalty...
To many, the shot came and Hasek made the initial save and Hull's skate was heavily in the crease. As he gained control by kicking the puck to his stick and scored, replays had shown his skate was somewhat still in the crease.
One thing to also note: While the skate in the crease was strictly enforced, there was a supposed memo by the NHL that had, apparently, lightened the rule a bit but no one had heard nor seen said memo. This memo came around mid season.
@@SarignCleric Didn’t know that! Interesting
That calgary one cost the flames a stanley cup
A lot of controversy around that one! Getting mixed feelings on the call from this comment section
2019 Stanley Cup Finals. Brutal refereeing cost the Bruins the Cup.
Brad Marchand failed to backcheck and a defensenan walked in and scored.
No, the Flames did not score late in game 6 against the Lightning. The puck was in the air and was impossible to gauge whether it crossed the line or not. Pretty simple stuff but some fans just can't accept reality.
I see you’re an Oilers fan? This comment makes more sense now haha
@@beyond_thebenchwell have you ever heard of a certain angle?
@@areyougoat2733 Above?
@@beyond_thebench well kind of but it’s called the parallel angle Sportsnet did a thing explaining it
@@areyougoat2733 Ya I’ve seen that! It was most likely not in but that doesn’t make for a fun story haha
I don't think this content creator is old enough to remember anything being reported on.
I was born in ‘92, so you’re half right haha
I think you need to tone down the editing. Like, quite a bit actually. We don't need effects and things popping up every 5 seconds. It feels like a never ending YT short.
Appreciate the feedback!
99 was NOT a blown call its just a bitter city and bitter fans that they ALWAYS get their asses kicked by Dallas Teams when it matters most!
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Bettman would never have allowed the Pens to lose. Not after what happened in 08.
Exxxxactly
Hahahahaha salt
Was hoping we'd get a list without the absolutely NOT controversial Brett Hull goal. Hasek's teammate interfered with him, Hull's skate had NO impact on the play.
The irony is - you know what the only thing more controversial than letting that goal stand would have been? DISALLOWING IT! It would be the worst call in NHL history, by far.
Interesting take! Agree though, considering the magnitude of the situation whatever call was made was going to be controversial
I strongly disagree, despite agreeing with you on the impact his skate had on the play (which was negligable/none).
That's not the point of contention here. All season and playoffs up until Hull's goal, that same play is a disallowed goal. The rule was strictly and consistently called up until the Cup winner. It wasn't a judgement call either. Foot in the crease = no goal, period. OT should have continued.
That was interference back with Penguins and Predators Wadda referee
😂
It was in
Definitely maybe was in haha
@4:50 That's bullshit. It's on a parralax angle. You can't trust that it was 100% over from that angle.
Ya there is another angle that came out as well that shows it not being in…
@@beyond_thebench please share. I’ve seen that angle you used in the video for 20 years.
@@clearlyarussianbotBroken down pretty well in this: czcams.com/video/iORumLN7K0Q/video.htmlsi=KDw9ZlxOvJxSNTO_
Still, it’s at a parallax angle and by the very nature of the angle makes it inconclusive. You can’t discount that.
Anyone who thinks the Nashville/ Pittsburgh incident was a "blown call" simply doesn't understand the game of hockey.
... also, how do you get robbed of the Stanley Cup when you got shut out in the deciding game?? Plus, they still needed another win after this game to clinch the series!
Videos made by hockey noobs are always entertaining..
if that's not a blown call, then rebounds don't exist, because every time the goalie touches the puck the play would be blown dead.
@@MP-dn4bs ....Only when the referee has lost sight of the puck...
@@bradvestby the penguins are very lucky to have benefited from such an awful call.
@@rewind2482 more like an awful opinion of a good call from a Nashville fan..
The Calgary one in particular was no mistake. Kerry Fraser and Bill McCreary were totally paid for. No video replay on game six of a Stanley cup final???!
Then, with 1:06 left in a one game SEVEN OF A STANLEY CUP FINAL, Mcreary calls Andrew Ferrence for a clean hit in St Louis solidifying the Tampa win.
Fraser not being allowed to ref in Calgary is because we saw he did. The prick called penalties that the could not find on tv.
In hind sight, I think the league would be much worse off if Bettman doesn’t put in the fix. Tell that to Iginla though.
It’s definitely an issue the NHL is still dealing with today. Just frustrating with all the technology calls still get blown and the rules are not black and white.
It is frustrating especially now with technology like you say. There are certain things like missed goals and offsides that could likely be eliminated through tech.
The only way to fix an nhl game is to buy the refs imo. So maybe that’s why they won’t change the systems.
@@Jerry-sn4nxI’d really like to hope there isn’t and never has been fixing in games. But there has been times when it looks a bit suspicious
It never even dawned on me until just prior to the 2003/4 season. But now I kinda figure if it wasn’t fixed (at times) hockey would be the only sport that wasn’t fixed lol. Soccer, basketball (refs), cricket had a huge scandal, boxing auto racing, baseball (the movie eight men out was about cheating in baseball plus didn’t the Astros do something recently?), figure skating for sure, the list goes on .. I just don’t believe hockey is the last bastion of unfettered pro sports, unfortunately.
I do think you can’t buy hockey players for a fix; you know how teams are, they stand by each other, fight for each other.. I think you can only buy the refs. The flames almost fracking beat the fix!, imo, in 2004.. it’s doable.
@@Jerry-sn4nxand also with the legalization of sports betting in a few provinces now…makes ya wonder…
LA saved the Leafs from getting absolutely destroyed by the Habs their bitter rival, Leaf fans should be thanking them. Ahah
😂😂😂
#3 was not in
Some angles looked like it was, some it looked like it wasn’t!
@@beyond_thebench the nhl did create a overhead simulation during game 7 that showed it was not it but I agree
@@williamyokum9802 crazy thing is they still have the same problem today haha
True
I hate calgary. Puck was in .
has to be Chara's non call and non suspension for destroying Max Pacioretty into a post and then the bruins going on the win the cup. They dont even win that series if hes suspended
That wasn’t in the playoffs tho
@@beyond_thebench i must be remembering it wrong. either way, it was a brutal hit that deserved a long suspension but somehow he got away with it
@@liammerrick6399 It happened in early March that year. It definitely looked a bit like Chara knew what he was doing when he say the stanchion. Its just hard to suspend a guy when really he was just making a hit and it was terrible timing on the ice.
A lot of 911 calls made in Montreal that night... lol
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ha ha ... no one cares about Da Leafs (Toronto Make MeLaughs)
Now now, be nice to our Leaf fans 😂
1999 Goal is a good goal. Not a blown call
Waaaas it thoooo??
@@beyond_thebench Yes. Argument won. 🏆
Your chapter re: Flames 2004 goal is lazy at best, and irresponsible at worst; a complete lack of understanding of the event and almost no research done.
How can you say “it clearly showed” it went in, when there is literally no conclusive evidence that the puck was over the line?
You didn’t even provide a counterpoint, again, lazy. The parallax angle is the best explanation, and should have at least been mentioned.
Absolutely sick of this "blown call” being on every list. It’s shocking, spreads misinformation, and sets out to devalue a team’s legitimate achievement.
Also, St. Louis scored in double OT, again, a simple fact you got wrong.
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its in the replay... quit smoken that shit its fucking up your eye sight &
brain
It would be nice if you didn’t have so many stupid pop ups so you could see the video. If Fraser was the ref in the Calgary game it wouldn’t matter he sucked worst than mcCleary. This video is pathetic.
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Funny how I remember Denis Potvin being clearly offside when he beat Peeters.
Oh, damnit. Potvin had a near high sticked goal. Too much time.....
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