Did the NHL intentionally make up for the goalie interference call in the Florida-Boston series?

[Thirty Seven]

Bruins owner is still the boss of Gary Bettman end of the day.

You can tell by all the cups the Bruins have won recently.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

I'm the farthest thing from a Boston fan. My stance is the first call Florida scored shouldn't have been ruled a good goal, but this McAvoy shot should indeed have counted.

It's a weird area; I can't recall any goals off my head where Team A crosschecks a player from Team B into the goalie of Team B.

 

[D Wakaluk]

Well it honestly felt like it. That Bennett goal was all the talk after game4 - imagine they call again to Floridas favour.

Now it's "settled" and there's less heat on the reffs.

Ever seen this; a coach cries to the media and it affects the reffing rest of the series .. yeah

 

[TD Charlie]

only one goalie had a chance to reset and make a play

They probably both could’ve been called back. We’ve all seen much less contact be ruled interference.

 

[Ratsreign]

Easy to do when you still have two chances to close the series

You’re crying even when you’re laughing, jeez

 

[danpantz]

I'm the farthest thing from a Boston fan. My stance is the first call Florida scored shouldn't have been ruled a good goal, but this McAvoy shot should indeed have counted.

It's a weird area; I can't recall any goals off my head where Team A crosschecks a player from Team B into the goalie of Team B.

 

[BTO]

Where's the option for right call the first goal, wrong call the 2nd goal?

Or vice versa.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Boston’s was a good goal, Panther knocked his own goalies stick away. Panthers goal counting is a joke.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

No issues with this goal

 

[CrownofThornton]

Dunno, both were kind of 50/50 calls, but I do know you won't see Panther fans crying about it for the next 5 days.

That’s because they’re only just learning how the sport works.

 

[Ratsreign]

That’s because they’re only just learning how the sport works.

What are dem blue lines all about? I really need to know.
Please he’p me!

 

[fsanford]

Bob had his stick outside blue paint it got hit under normal in front of the net battled.

So you cannot call interference.

 

[Ratsreign]

Bob had his stick outside blue paint it got hit under normal in front of the net battled.

So you cannot call interference.

They were looking at the Bs stick that pushed Bob’s skate and knocked him a bit off balance. The stick drop was irrelevant for the reason you stated.

 

[Score8]

I figured out the goalie interfernce inconsistencies. The policy in Toronto ia to flips a coin, heads goal and tails no goal.

Do you think they use DOPS coin or do they have their own?

 

[Ratsreign]

Well it honestly felt like it. That Bennett goal was all the talk after game4 - imagine they call again to Floridas favour.

Now it's "settled" and there's less heat on the reffs.

Ever seen this; a coach cries to the media and it affects the reffing rest of the series .. yeah

Some are more subtle than others. Some coaches just flash gang signs.

 

[StammerHammer]

This would assume that Toronto actually knows what goalie interference is.

 

[nturn06]

I said this few times before, when it comes to GI the rules are crystal clear:
heads=goal
tails= no goal

 

[DamonDRW]

It's a weird area; I can't recall any goals off my head where Team A crosschecks a player from Team B into the goalie of Team B.

I'm old enough and remember it happened at least once. The team I root for (Red Wings) won game 7 on exactly the same goal in late 90s. I was young and stupid and thought it is fine if you are on the winning side.

Karma is a bitch though as then I've seen countless clean Holmstrom goals disallowed in the playoffs

 

[tarheelhockey]

Neither of these should counted, and we’re just running in circles with the GI standard at this point.

 

[sportsvg]

Not a make-up call, it was a good goal. Technically I feel like they still owe us one from game 4.

 

[Fatass]

We had a ref caught on tape managing a game. (Forgot his name)
The league absolutely directs their officials to manage games. So why not manage a series?

 

[Catscountry40]

I am looking to forward to all the Boston ref experts who spent the last week crying to show how honest they are about this.

 

[Icarium]

I am half convinced they literally flip a coin to decide on goalie interference challenges.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

One is a lot different than the other imo

Panthers are selling everything tho.
Dropping sticks, throwing heads back, taking their own legs out from under them…

Surprised the refs didn’t blow the play dead again to see if Bob was ok after dropping his stick

 

[TD Charlie]

I am looking to forward to all the Boston ref experts who spent the last week crying to show how honest they are about this.

My honest opinion on this one? Yes, there is some super soft contact with the goalies right pad, enough to push his skate back a bit. Bobrovsky then resets and comes out to cut down the angle on a shot and gets beat clean. To me, it's a goal.

The problem is that there is no standard or threshold on these GI calls. The rulings are so all over the place that nobody knows what to expect any more. They'd be better off playing rock paper scissors at center ice and moving on