GIN ANTONIC
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Can't find the video of it but in Game 7 of the cup finals (Canes vs. Oilers) there was a badly blown call in the dying seconds of the first period. The Canes actually scored a goal but due to all the commotion in and around the crease it was called off. At the very least, the canes should have gotten a penalty shot out of the play due to staois covering/attempting to cover the puck in the crease. However, all the canes ended up with was a PP which was from a delayed call that happened well before the action near the net.
Quote describing the play:
Quote describing the play:
NHL AVOIDS EMBARRASSMENT: The Canes' victory was good news for the league, which faced the embarrassment of a badly blown call that cost the Hurricanes a goal late in the first period.
With the Canes in possession and a delayed penalty call awaiting against the Oilers, Craig Adams took a shot that Jussi Markkanen saved into the air and off the post. The puck landed behind Markkanen and Steve Staios appeared to close his hand on the puck in the crease as he swept it across the goal line.
Referee Brad Watson pointed to center ice to indicate a penalty shot, while Bill McCreary waved the play dead with 4.1 seconds left in the period.
One replay showed conclusively that the puck was across the goal line while under Staios' stomach, but after a lengthy video review, the league ruled that Staios hit the puck in the air, thereby stopping the play because of the penalty.
In a statement, NHL director of officiating Stephen Walkom said the play was ruled dead because the delayed penalty "required play to be stopped at the moment when control was achieved by the batting of the puck by Staios.