As he's on his back in his net writhing in pain, Zach Benson scores.
Good job refs.
However, Colorado came back to score 3 in the third and send the game to overtime.
(where they lost, final score 6-5 Sabres)
WTF? How does the war room not call and reverse that?
Benson goes into the crease where the puck is not, gets pushed by the Colorado defender and lands on the goalie.....goalie now injured and down. Benson gets up and grabs a loose puck and scores.
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As he's on his back in his net writhing in pain, Zach Benson scores.
Good job refs.
However, Colorado came back to score 3 in the third and send the game to overtime.
(where they lost, final score 6-5 Sabres)
WTF? How does the war room not call and reverse that?
Benson goes into the crease where the puck is not, gets pushed by the Colorado defender and lands on the goalie.....goalie now injured and down. Benson gets up and grabs a loose puck and scores.
By the rulebook, Colorado would have to touch the puck for the officials to blow it dead - even with a goalie injured. I agree that should change; if a goalie goes down, the play is blown dead, regardless who has the puck. A skater going down gives the other team an advantage, but nothing as singular as the one guy with the pads to stop a puck in the defensive zone. I get it, that normally such injuries come from illegal contact in the crease (unless your name is Dustin Byfuglien or Brown) but this goal should not happen.
As he's on his back in his net writhing in pain, Zach Benson scores.
Good job refs.
However, Colorado came back to score 3 in the third and send the game to overtime.
(where they lost, final score 6-5 Sabres)
WTF? How does the war room not call and reverse that?
Benson goes into the crease where the puck is not, gets pushed by the Colorado defender and lands on the goalie.....goalie now injured and down. Benson gets up and grabs a loose puck and scores.
By the rulebook, Colorado would have to touch the puck for the officials to blow it dead - even with a goalie injured. I agree that should change; if a goalie goes down, the play is blown dead, regardless who has the puck. A skater going down gives the other team an advantage, but nothing as singular as the one guy with the pads to stop a puck in the defensive zone. I get it, that normally such injuries come from illegal contact in the crease (unless your name is Dustin Byfuglien or Brown) but this goal should not happen.
Well the refs sometimes whistle the play dead when an injury appears serious
... regardless of who has the puck.
We've seen this many times, it's a player safety issue.
Having that discretion, they should use it with an injured goalie IMO.
(they are vulnerable to 100+ MPH shots fired directly at them)
If it turns out the goalie was faking, the league can fine him/suspend him for diving.
