cela vient d’apparaître dans ma recherche des ailes rouges. l’auteur ne doit pas se souvenir correctement de la série. il a oublié de parler de la façon dont les arbitres ont remis la série aux pétroliers.
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pfated64
@Red Wings de Détroit
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So in 2006 the refs called everything. This series was played 5v3. A lot of weird calls like Lidstrom getting a 2 minute minor (interference)for trying to avoid a hip check from Pronger. (why was Pronger running Lidstrom instead of playing defense??).
But the series winning goal, that this article glosses over, was hit down by a high stick and then kicked into the net. The oiler player never denies this in post game interview. It was the worse playoffs I’ve ever seen.
Later on, the oilers fell behind in another series and publicly complained that the refs stopped calling penalties. The next game they get like 3 separate 5v3 power plays, turn around and win the series. It was a dark time for hockey.
Edit: I’m thinking of the wrong game. It was 17 years ago and I’m not remembering this correctly. I just rewatch game six highlights. So this did happen in the series just not game 6, which is why the article didn’t talk about it. My bad.
I don’t recall the reffing as any worse than usual. What I remember most is Andreas Lilja on the first-pair and actively sabotaging a stacked lineup.
Probably my least favorite playoff series of all time though. I can’t remember ever being angrier about hockey than I was when we got bounced by Edmonton.
Not as bad as the 2009 finals. That was God awful.
I personally was a lot harder on Legace and Babcock than I was on the refs for that series.
Oh please lol. Babcock got out-coached and his inability/refusal to adjust, something that we saw numerous times the rest of his career in Detroit and Toronto, was the difference. That and an out of nowhere goalie going god-mode.
Coming out of the lockout, bettman kept saying « This is going to be a league where any team can win on any night » Everyone thought he was talking about salary parity, but we were quickly shown that they would call every game to favor the team that should lose, especially against the teams with recent success. Any team can win on any night.