McTavish awarded goal and given goalie interference penalty - correct call?

[TheNumber4]

You are allowed to skate to the net. It is not the referee's job to interpret if McTavish would have avoided the netminder in some other dimension where he wasn't touched, they have to call based on what actually happened. What actually happened is provorov knocked McTavish into the netminder. This isn't debatable, it happened.

It's his job to interpret if Mctavish did everything he could to avoid contact. Provorov knocked McTavish, yes. The "into the netminder" part was already happening from the momentum of the original net drive. Like I said in my original post, I can only "kinda see it". So I'm just saying this is the refs thought process here.

 

[LuGBuG]

It’s incredible to me anyone thinks that should be a penalty. The only logic is they dislike Anaheim for whatever reason.

 

[Static]

It's his job to interpret if Mctavish did everything he could to avoid contact. Provorov knocked McTavish, yes. The "into the netminder" part was already happening from the momentum of the original net drive. Like I said in my original post, I can only "kinda see it". So I'm just saying this is the refs thought process here.

If this is the refs' thought process then he needs more training.

 

[LuGBuG]

I can understand the ref calling it in the split second decision. Also it wasn’t able to be reviewed. The thread should be unanimous it should not be a penalty after seeing it on video.

 

[Terry Yake]

i think it's pretty obvious the ref had money on columbus

 

[tarheelhockey]

Kid made a dumb decision, deserved the penalty.

He had three options, 1. Skate behind the net (didn't choose) 2. Skate into the goalie (where he ended up) 3. Skate in front of the net (even though the dman was there).

Even after the play he had a stupid, confused look on his face.

But Provorov wasn’t there. He was a step behind the play, so McTavish had a clear lane to cross in front of the net. The problem is that, despite lacking any sort of functional angle to disrupt the scoring chance, Provorov still decided to throw a full-blown body check from an angle that could only have sent McTavish directly into the net.

I’m pretty sure if you asked Provorov, he would agree that it wasn’t a very smart move on his part, and that he was lucky it worked out to be a penalty that the ref couldn’t reverse.

 

[Dumais]

But Provorov wasn’t there. He was a step behind the play, so McTavish had a clear lane to cross in front of the net. The problem is that, despite lacking any sort of functional angle to disrupt the scoring chance, Provorov still decided to throw a full-blown body check from an angle that could only have sent McTavish directly into the net.

I’m pretty sure if you asked Provorov, he would agree that it wasn’t a very smart move on his part, and that he was lucky it worked out to be a penalty that the ref couldn’t reverse.

I'm pretty sure Provorov (or any NHL dman) is not giving anyone the front of the net. Good way to lose your job. Face it, kid made a dumb decision and hopefully he learns.

Hypothetical: High Sticking, a player scores a goal but his follow through catches the dman in the face. Judging by reactions on here, it was the dmans fault for being in the way of the shooters follow through.

McTavish didn't have position to skate through the crease, point of contact was not in the crease, angle of Provorov couldn't launch McTavish they way it did.

Kid made a dumb decision and got a penalty for it.

 

[SteelCityCannon]

It's almost like they want cutting to the net to be illegal. What is McTavish supposed to do there?

 

[Dumais]

It's almost like they want cutting to the net to be illegal. What is McTavish supposed to do there?

It's almost like you want Provorov to stop and just let McTavish skate in front of Jet?

 

[SladeWilson23]

I don’t understand how both are possible.

If McTavish shoots the puck in the net, but keeps skating into the goalie, then the goal counts because the GI penalty had no effect on the goal.

That's not what happened here as he was pushed into the goalie, but pretend he wasn't and that's how you can have a good goal and goalie interference happen at the same time.

 

[Static]

It's almost like you want Provorov to stop and just let McTavish skate in front of Jet?

I don't think you understand that McTavish is just as entitled to that space as provorov. Going to that space and being checked is not a penalty. It is on provorov to defend that space in a way that does not also impede his goaltender. That is not McTavish's responsibility.

Dumb play by provorov, hopefully he learns from it.

 

[LuGBuG]

I'm pretty sure Provorov (or any NHL dman) is not giving anyone the front of the net. Good way to lose your job. Face it, kid made a dumb decision and hopefully he learns.

Hypothetical: High Sticking, a player scores a goal but his follow through catches the dman in the face. Judging by reactions on here, it was the dmans fault for being in the way of the shooters follow through.

McTavish didn't have position to skate through the crease, point of contact was not in the crease, angle of Provorov couldn't launch McTavish they way it did.

Kid made a dumb decision and got a penalty for it.

Unbelievably clueless. Mind boggling.

 

[ohcomeonref]

It's almost like you want Provorov to stop and just let McTavish skate in front of Jet?

Provorov is well within his rights to shove McTavish, but McTavish getting a penalty for hitting the goalie due to the shove is nonsense. Unless you think 2 Minutes for Being Shoved should be added into the rulebook?

 

[GKJ]

If McTavish shoots the puck in the net, but keeps skating into the goalie, then the goal counts because the GI penalty had no effect on the goal.

That's not what happened here as he was pushed into the goalie, but pretend he wasn't and that's how you can have a good goal and goalie interference happen at the same time.

The bad call aside, the goalie is not supposed to have to decide between making a save and getting run over

 

[SladeWilson23]

The bad call aside, the goalie is not supposed to have to decide between making a save and getting run over

The logic is that the goal would have been scored regardless of the goalie being run into or not.

The refs need to make a determination if the goal was directly caused by the interference.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I'm pretty sure Provorov (or any NHL dman) is not giving anyone the front of the net. Good way to lose your job.

Letting someone get behind you and score a clean goal is an even better way to lose your job, so he was all out of options on that front.