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- Dec 17, 2018
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The defenseman in the crease was going to stop Swayman from being able to get across and make the save whether Bennett pushed him or not.
I think this is what the officials thought, that Bennett's contact was light enough that it wasn't really the reason the defenseman impeded Swayman. I'm not sure I buy it but I think that's their reasoning. I gave up on understanding how they would rule on goalie interference long ago.The defenseman in the crease was going to stop Swayman from being able to get across and make the save whether Bennett pushed him or not.
After video review:
2 min penalty for cross checking on Bennett
Goalie interference
No goal.
Power play Boston
I mean, Coyle wasn’t really in the crease at all until he got crosschecked…The defenseman in the crease was going to stop Swayman from being able to get across and make the save whether Bennett pushed him or not.
My feelings exactly. Would rather this series be about how well Florida has played against Boston and not officiating.-I think both GI calls were correct game 5 vs Tampa (the Athletic GI article is helpful)
-I think this was GI, even though he had no chance of saving it, the rulebook doesn't allot for that
-I wish it was called back because Florida is dominating Boston and doesn't need the help and this karma will catch up to them vs the Rags or Avs/Dallas.
Not an excuse.Though defenders got away with x-check's all of the time in scrums around the net,
Looked like he was already on his way to the crease prior to the shove, Bennett did push him enough once he got there though
Didn't say it was an excuse. Just that I don't have a lot of sympathy for the defender when the tables are turned.Not an excuse.
This is video review and it’s cross checking. Otherwise Bennett had no time to get to his man.
If a defending player has been pushed, shoved or fouled by an attacking player so as to cause the defending player to come into contact with his own goalie, such contact shall be deemed contact initiated by the attacking player.By the literal definition in the rulebook it was absolutely goalie interference. Atrocious by the league.
I’m for eliminating cross checking.It's definitely not worthy of a penalty