Loved the game yesterday, and we picked another cracker for our CHL feature game. Sitting the in penalty box and supposedly being neutral, even I sort of screamed when the OT winner went in (Ambuhl in the box was quite good about it all, the look on his face when he had to come back after the washed out goal was hilarious, he was very relieved!).
FWIW, I thought the disallowed goal was the correct call. He's only marginally in the crease, but on the TV feed you can see the referee telling him 2-3x to get out, and then by the time of the shot he's clearly impeding the goalie. It was a big call, and the Finnish referee got it spot on. Had that been a local official, I'm not sure he would have done it.
What a lot of you probably aren't seeing as also the change in approach to the games from the backroom staff and team that the CHL has brought. I was mighty impressed talking to Todd at the draw, but then catching up last night there's just so much the Devils organisation is taking from seeing these bigger teams that they want to put into their own preparation.
FWIW, I thought the disallowed goal was the correct call. He's only marginally in the crease, but on the TV feed you can see the referee telling him 2-3x to get out, and then by the time of the shot he's clearly impeding the goalie. It was a big call, and the Finnish referee got it spot on. Had that been a local official, I'm not sure he would have done it.
What a lot of you probably aren't seeing as also the change in approach to the games from the backroom staff and team that the CHL has brought. I was mighty impressed talking to Todd at the draw, but then catching up last night there's just so much the Devils organisation is taking from seeing these bigger teams that they want to put into their own preparation.
