GDT: #20 – Sharks at Sabres – Tue Nov 18, 7:30PM ET – NBCSN – WGR

[sjci]

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

And your emergency backup goalie, number 35, Arturs Irbe!

 

[Samsonite23]

Did anybody else see that cross ice pass by pavelski? That was nasty...

 

[Fly Boy]

I kind of want him to play.

 

[ZZamboni]

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Stafford Ennis Moulson shift?

 

[ZZamboni]

Gionta!!!!



Nice

 

[ZeroPT*]

Yay we beat the sharks yay

 

[sabresfan129103]

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Like my Skivvies, the Sabres got a mean streak goin!

 

[Wisent42]

I'm impressed by how we shut down this game. This did not look like a stressed, shattered team. If we hold it together mentally even through losing streaks, this will work out great for the future.

 

[Clock]

Nice win. Weird how we have the Sharks' number.

 

[v-man]

Man it would be awesome to see Archie get a few more periods in.

Looks like the Sabres left all of their suck in Toronto. Another nice win for the boys.

 

[Bure All Day]

Enroth got me 2 points!!!!

 

[26CornerBlitz]

@BuffaloSabres

Irbe: I was ready to go if needed. I was focused. It's a snow day, Latvian Independence Day, a big day. #SJSvsBUF

 

[Finnish Your Czechs]

Neuvirth injured?
What happened?

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Neuvirth injured?
What happened?

Sabres PR @SabresPR 1m
Michal Neuvirth has left the game with a lower-body injury.

I'm assuming it's from this play:

Injured in the 1st.

 

[Kalv]

I`m a Ducks fan first but i was very very pleased to see Nolan with the Latvian pin on his jacket.
Irbe`s ''debut'' and winning the Sharks made that night even more special. Thanks.

 

[B U F F A L O]

Does anyone have any video of the Mitchell breakaway? I dont recall NBCSN ever showing a replay

 

[Wisent42]

Does anyone have any video of the Mitchell breakaway? I dont recall NBCSN ever showing a replay

Sorry, can't help you with video. But I saw some replays and I have to say that the refs probably made the right call. It's hard to tell, even on the replays, but it looked like Marleau hooked Mitchell's stick rather than his arms and that caused him to lose his balance. For all the bashing refs get, and deservedly so, I think this was a good call. They didn't see a hook and therefor didn't call one, rather than just assuming. Too bad it had to happen to us.

 

[gallagt01]

Sorry, can't help you with video. But I saw some replays and I have to say that the refs probably made the right call. It's hard to tell, even on the replays, but it looked like Marleau hooked Mitchell's stick rather than his arms and that caused him to lose his balance. For all the bashing refs get, and deservedly so, I think this was a good call. They didn't see a hook and therefor didn't call one, rather than just assuming. Too bad it had to happen to us.

...this doesn't add up.

You can't hook a player's stick. Mitchell wasn't tripped, but his ability to get a shot on goal off was absolutely impeded by the hook. This wasn't a lift, it was a hook near the hands, if I remember correctly.

 

[ZZamboni]

Does anyone know if the Sharks got out of Buffalo or are they stranded today?

 

[Wisent42]

...this doesn't add up.

You can't hook a player's stick. Mitchell wasn't tripped, but his ability to get a shot on goal off was absolutely impeded by the hook. This wasn't a lift, it was a hook near the hands, if I remember correctly.

Aren't you allowed to lift/lock/hook an opponents stick? I have to admit, I'm not clear on the rule.

 

[cybresabre]

Aren't you allowed to lift/lock/hook an opponents stick? I have to admit, I'm not clear on the rule.

55.1 Hooking - Hooking is the act of using the stick in a manner that enables a player to restrain an opponent.

When a player is checking another in such a way that there is only stick-to-stick contact, such action is not to be penalized as hooking.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26347

 

[gallagt01]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26347

It's certainly not enforced that way pretty much ever. A hook of the stick up near the hands is penalized regularly in the NHL.