The tying goal

[trapezeus]

I know i was flabberghasted at the tying goal. "how could they let that go on for as long as they did without a whistle? Man those refs love buffalo!"

but then i thought about it. There are 12 players on the ice. There were 8 of them in the crease with the clock ticking. If the sabres didn't score there, wouldn't we have been upset the other way? "Why didn't they blow the whistle and let us change the line?"

Granted part of the answer is "because we are fickle fans."

but honestly, i think that was BS in toronto's favor. There is no way constant jamming at the puck with that many bodies in the crease should result in a goal. That was an against the odds outcome. I'm glad it worked out, but it seemed like it was designed to just let time run off the clock until they absolutely had it.

[SabreEleven]

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What does CBO mean?

[trapezeus]

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canadian biased officiating. sorry. i just assumed we all knew what that meant since it comes up every year during the playoffs.

[Mski]

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What does CBO mean?

+1

[Mski]

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how about option C: the Ref was actually in the right position and could see the puck the whole time and wasnt biased at all

[Mski]

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although how there wasnt a penalty called on Komaserik >is that how you spell his name?< for his raping of Foligno was definately CBO

[jamze132]

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If you watch the highlights on ESPN, they highlighted the puck and Leopold's stick. It showed the ref actively watching the action and the puck.

[trapezeus]

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the ref actually looked like he was in the right position. he was leaning over and i suppose he could see it. i never saw it. and i can't believe you said ESPN spent more than the time it took for the puck to get into the net on hockey highlights.

for a league interested in protecting blows to the head, komiscerik (sp?) put in about 4-5 solid slams of folingo's head to the ice. i'm guessing shanny isn't going to give us a video and a suspension.

[Mski]

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for a league interested in protecting blows to the head, komiscerik (sp?) put in about 4-5 solid slams of folingo's head to the ice. i'm guessing shanny isn't going to give us a video and a suspension.

not to mention it was clear before the puck was even dropped kosmasarik (sp?) wanted nothing to do with the play, and just to take Foligno out... and it was his whiff on a hit right off the face off that started the whole thing

[SkateZilla]

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the Ref was one of those bodies right in front of the goal, the puck was never frozen, and there was gonna be a delayed penalty on Scrivens anyway for Holding Leopold's stick. and if it would have been whistled, it would have also been a penalty on the Toronto player for covering it.


The fact that 2 goals went up to Toronto for review and favored Buffalo instead of toronto was funny.

[rbochan]

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"I think the ref was watching how many times I got punched in the face and was in awe."

--Marcus Foligno

[chernobylwraiths]

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If a Toronto player other than the goalie covers the puck in the crease, it is a penalty shot I believe.

[Mski]

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If a Toronto player other than the goalie covers the puck in the crease, it is a penalty shot I believe.

i think its situational.. if its clear the player prevented the goal, i think they just award the goal, if its not clear then its a penalty shot

[OpIv37]

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It was just a freak occurrence that worked out in our favor.

Usually, when that many players get involved in front of the goal, the ref loses sight of the puck. This time, we just got lucky that he was able to see it and that Toronto wasn't able to clear or cover.

[Dr. Lecter]

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i think its situational.. if its clear the player prevented the goal, i think they just award the goal, if its not clear then its a penalty shot

It is not situational. It is a penalty shot.

(iv) Falling on the puck in the goal crease

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