Is anyone else enjoying the Sharks/Red Wings Game as much as I am?
Thursday, December 18th, 2008____________________________________________________________________
Lubers25 asked:
This has been one of the best hockey games I have had the pleasure of watching all season. It’s nearly 1AM, I just cannot stop watching. If this works out as a playoff match up, I would consider skipping Flyers games to watch the series.
This was not intended as a dig at Red Wings fans. The score was 4-4 when I started typing and they made it 6-4 just as I clicked the submit button.
The only thing that could have made that game better would have been a 4 minute and 59 second overtime. (No shootouts, thank you!)
To the folks down on Osgood: He always does this during the regular season. Sort of the goaltender version of Claude Lemieux. He seems to have a different gear for the playoffs. No need to worry about Osgood.
Erica: A friend of mine was hired by the teams to shoot a game I happened to be working. I slipped him a couple of beans and he took a couple of good shots of me as well. Email me and I will give you the links to the penalty shot situation. Frame by frame of the infraction with me signaling the penalty shot as the exclamation mark. I am coming to Pittsburgh in March again (I think it’s March) for league playoffs.
Speaking as a casual observer of this game, I am comfortable saying that all of you folks griping about the Marleau goal being offsides are just dead wrong.
This has been one of the best hockey games I have had the pleasure of watching all season. It’s nearly 1AM, I just cannot stop watching. If this works out as a playoff match up, I would consider skipping Flyers games to watch the series.
This was not intended as a dig at Red Wings fans. The score was 4-4 when I started typing and they made it 6-4 just as I clicked the submit button.
The only thing that could have made that game better would have been a 4 minute and 59 second overtime. (No shootouts, thank you!)
To the folks down on Osgood: He always does this during the regular season. Sort of the goaltender version of Claude Lemieux. He seems to have a different gear for the playoffs. No need to worry about Osgood.
Erica: A friend of mine was hired by the teams to shoot a game I happened to be working. I slipped him a couple of beans and he took a couple of good shots of me as well. Email me and I will give you the links to the penalty shot situation. Frame by frame of the infraction with me signaling the penalty shot as the exclamation mark. I am coming to Pittsburgh in March again (I think it’s March) for league playoffs.
Speaking as a casual observer of this game, I am comfortable saying that all of you folks griping about the Marleau goal being offsides are just dead wrong.
This is the best video I have been able to find so far. The play is shows up at 4:16 of the video. It took some trial and error, but it is possible to pause it while the puck is over the blue line and his right foot is still on the blue line.
http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlg=20082009,2,672
Solid: Incorrect. The puck must completely cross the blue line before the player completely crosses the blue line. The linesman made the correct call, the puck crossed the line before Marleau’s right foot crossed the blue line. Possession has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Troy: His foot is clearly ON the line. The skates are the only deciding factor in an off-sides call.
KENDRICK
