Horrible No Goalie Interference Call (OTT/NYR)

[mouser]

I'd need to see a better overhead or front angle to see for sure where the puck is. The two short gifs in the OP are inconclusive on whether this is GI IMO.

My first impression with the way Halverson was falling backward was this may have been a loose puck in the crease situation, where incident contact is allowed if the attacking player is attempting to play the puck.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Well the refs are f***tards so I believe it.

 

[lomiller1]

Looks like he knocked the puck free colliding with the goaltender. Not the worst recent call but probably should have been called back. Even if that puck is free there is no way the ref could see it, it should have been blown dead but that's not reviewable.

 

[MtoD]

I think if this was a month ago, it would have been no goal but with the NHL trying to 'simplify' things, this one stands.

Halverson falls back on his own accord and the puck seems to be loose in the crease.. so anyone attempting to play the puck can't interfere with Halverson. I do agree that we need to see how/when the puck became loose to really know if this was a good call though.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

My god that was almost as bad as the Allen one, the league has to do something, this is getting out of hand

 

[ZJuice]

This league is f***ing stupid.
Did you see what was called goalie interference in the Oilers/Coyotes game?

 

[kcin94]

NHL made the standard with Hellebuyck. With a loose puck, players are free to do anything to the goalie without it counting as goalie interference.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Looks like his own teammate causes the interference. Haven’t seen a great angle but seems alright