Today, Finland faced off against Team USA in the qualifying round of the IIHF World Hockey Championship. Finland won the game 3-2 but what happened on their second goal is beyond belief. Trust me, this isn't sour grapes on my part. Frankly, I really couldn't give a hoot about international hockey but the ruling on this play is unbelievable. You can check out the video on TSN since it's not on YouTube just yet.
Basically what happens is that Finland's Ville Koistinen took a one timer from the left faceoff circle and the goal went through the net. Yes, I said through. Team USA, naturally, is pretty upset about this but the goal does not get overturned. OK, so the refs missed the call. Not so bad, right? Wrong. The kicker here is that the goal was reviewed and still wasn't over turned. Seriously.
Let's review:
- The puck went through the side of the net.
- The play was reviewed.
- Video revealed that the puck really did go through the side of the net, which negates the goal.
- The play was ruled a goal.
If that's not the most illogical thing I've ever heard in regards to hockey then I don't know what is. Congratulations IIHF referees, you're worse than your NHL counterparts. And you, dear reader, thought that wasn't possible!
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. absolutely brutal. half of the finnish team was suspended and then routed by canada. now they have to face a very angry team usa again. Backes and Burish will be in the lineup for sure.
Posted at 11:30AM on May 13th 2008 by Mike Jacobi