GDT: May 18 • Russia 3, Germany 0

[JVR]

they suspended the german player who hit ovechkin!?! How in the blue hell you can get suspended for that???

iihf...

 

[Vladiator16*]

Kink shouldn't have been suspended. That was just an unfortunate collision, hip check gone wrong kind of ****, oh well...

 

[McLlwain]

I admit 2 consecutive penalties are rarely given, But they should be according to the rulebook. Shoot the refs for playing by the rules.



Both 120% calls. Obviously not when you are german.



I see how you want to see it. But don't act like you expected the Germans to win it just like that. Russia gave it under 50% effort today and still won. Maybe you should stop hiring clown-coaches and give guys who know hockey(Krupp) a chance instead of complaining about the refs. German hockey is in a free fall since Krupp was gone.



That's IIHF reffing. It's the same for everybody. Germany had it's share of PPs in the game too.

Thanks for this totally objective and unbiased post.

Nowhere did Sanderson mention he'd think Germany would have won "just like that". I'm quite certain anyone who actually follows German hockey knows their place in the world rankings. This has absolutely nothing to do with who was the superior team in this game.

Kink was nowhere near Ovechkin. Refs blew it on the ice. To suspend him makes this even more ridiculous. IIHF ruling is not to blame for this. It's fishy, to say the least.