Rumor: 2015 World Championships

[FlareKnight]

That clutch crease violation.

 

[thewave]

Czech got robbed, was no crease violation IMHO

 

[ULF_55]

Czech got robbed, was no crease violation IMHO

Looks like a black and white rule.

Like Hull's goal ... no goal no Cup.

 

[FlareKnight]

Czech got robbed, was no crease violation IMHO

I haven't seen that call enough to be sure on the rule. Are we talking just crossing through the crease at all is a violation or just on a goal call?

 

[thewave]

Ah it's a weak call/rule or whatever. He didn't do anything to the tender. I would hate it the other way around.

 

[FlareKnight]

Ah it's a weak call/rule or whatever. He didn't do anything to the tender. I would hate it the other way around.

True enough. But I feel that way about the trapezoid and shootout. Sadly, we just have questionable rules in sports sometimes.

 

[namttebih]

Average GF 6.66
GA1.66

 

[Daisy Jane]

True enough. But I feel that way about the trapezoid and shootout. Sadly, we just have questionable rules in sports sometimes.

exactly. it's a stupid rule - but it's a rule that is constant. (and the thing is - the play should have been called dead regardless because the guy was in the crease) so dead puck either way.

IIHF needs to get rid of this rule, for sure. (but I don't think they want to even contend with all the goalie interference that will happen because of it)

 

[Stats01]

The rule is black and white, you cannot have your skate in the crease whether it's on a goal or during play...The ref whistles the play dead and the face-off comes outside the blue line. It's happened multiple times on non-goal situations, unfortunately for the Czech's this happened on a goal which obviously got immediately waved off. There is no grey area at all with this rule. I've seen this rule implemented as quickly as a player skating through the crease..thats how strict this rule is. The guy didn't stop and have his skate in the crease for more than a second he just happened to skate through the blue paint and the play got whistled down (this was a few years ago)

 

[Mess]

Canada will play for Gold !!!

 

[carko32]

The rule is black and white, you cannot have your skate in the crease whether it's on a goal or during play...The ref whistles the play dead and the face-off comes outside the blue line. It's happened multiple times on non-goal situations, unfortunately for the Czech's this happened on a goal which obviously got immediately waved off. There is no grey area at all with this rule. I've seen this rule implemented as quickly as a player skating through the crease..thats how strict this rule is. The guy didn't stop and have his skate in the crease for more than a second he just happened to skate through the blue paint and the play got whistled down (this was a few years ago)

Yep, they were very strict with this rule, happened lots of times in games I've seen this WCH, some teams were really good at pushing opposing players into their crease, especially Norway against Slovenia, they had killed like 5 or 6 dangerous Slovenian attacks with such move.

 

[Mess]

Canada / Russia gold medal game tomorrow.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Canada is the bestest in the world all over the spectrum

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Total Team effort. Well done Canada.

 

[Nooodles]

Congratulations Canada!
See you next year in St. Petersburg!

Team Hungary

 

[Nithoniniel]

What a show. Incredibly impressive.

 

[Vexed]

Total domination, Olympic level performance!

 

[Budsfan]

Canada Wins Gold!!!

 

[garce]

Superior defence corp, never understood why the Sharks wasted Burns up front. Ekblad is a monster already imagine him at 25!

 

[Mess]

We are the Champions my friend.

Canada wins gold and now hold Olympic gold and WJC gold all in the same year.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Going back to the OP

Congratulations Jake on your bronze.

 

[TML1]

See what happens when you get rid of Reimer.

 

[Nithoniniel]

See what happens when you get rid of Reimer.

Yeah Mike Smith really carried this team.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Yeah Mike Smith really carried this team.

they wouldn't go anywhere without him

 

[garce]

they wouldn't go anywhere without him

Toskala, or Raycroft could have backstopped this team.