Scott Wedgewood injured in pain on the ice. Refs don't blow the whistle. Buffalo scores

[GirardSpinorama]

NHL setting a worse precedent by allowing players to "unintentionally" pile into a goalie's legs just because they were lightly shoved and still allowed to score a goal. Its just really inconsistent with all of the other BS rules around goalie interference.

 

[Unspecified]

I don't think anyone is arguing it's goalie interference. Whistle should've gone for an injury. It's not like it would've been a scoring chance had Wedgewood not been injured, the puck was behind the net.

Why penalize the team that was not at fault especially when they are circling the net? Read the posts, lost of people are saying it's the Buffalo players fault.

 

[Beerz]

NHL setting a worse precedent by allowing players to "unintentionally" pile into a goalie's legs just because they were lightly shoved and still allowed to score a goal. Its just really inconsistent with all of the other BS rules around goalie interference.

He was slewfooted lol

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Refs have the discretion to allow the play to unfold, Avs have the discretion to challenge the play.

Did they?

And that is crap. If they have to stop play when a goalie loses his mask it should be mandatory to stop play if a goalie is obviuosly hurt. If the puck was behind the net there was no scoring chance taken away.

 

[the_fan]

In the NHL, players dive to draw a penalty, but have to get up right away if there is no call, otherwise his team will be playing short handed and things happen quickly in hockey. It’s not soccer where the player dives and can stay down for a while. It’s very easy to tell and this was just bullshit where a goalie is clearly hurt and there is no whistle. Make the rule, blow the whistle, it shouldn’t be this difficult

 

[tarheelhockey]

Never mind the injury and goal, am I the only one who sees some ****ing psychopath throw a puck from the upper deck down into the crowd below?

In the OP video, it shows up at 0:09 and then clearly visible at 1:19.



Imagine watching this play live and then immediately being hit in the head by a ****ing puck thrown from the balcony

 

[Muffin]

 

[Freaky Styley]

Obviously I don't watch every team but it seems there's a lot of strange calls/happenstances in Avs games vs. the rest of the league. And usually not in the Avs favour.

Still hate the offside rule too when it has no bearing on the play, too. Just let the linesman make the calls and fire the guy that made the Duchene call take effect in the first place. Gutsy win by team to battle through that kind of adversity though.

 

[Unspecified]

And that is crap. If they have to stop play when a goalie loses his mask it should be mandatory to stop play if a goalie is obviuosly hurt.

Losing a helmet with knives on people feet and a hard piece of vulcanized rubber flying at 100 mph is far more dangerous than someone landing on your leg.

 

[EdAVSfan]

If the puck makes it out to the point where a slap shot could be zoinked at goalie then yeah..stop it. But a puck behind the net and wrap around isn't going to injure a goalie who is already down

That is an absolutely massive assumption. The reason you’re thinking is this is based on what happened on this goal specifically. What happens if Bensons wrap around gets stuffed and it buys a couple more seconds for more bodies trying to crash the crease to prevent a guy from scoring into an empty net.

I’m not sure what the correct way to call it is. Someone is gonna get screwed no matter. But this type of play is called differently literally every game. There’s too much grey in this rule.

But to suggest that further injury is unlikely to a goalie down in his net because it’s a wrap-around, is nonsense.

I’ve had players fall me so many I’ve lost count when there’s an empty net situation. Players sacrifice their bodies to stop those types of goals. They dive, slide and put whatever they can to stop goals from going in.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Imagine watching this play live and then immediately being hit in the head by a ****ing puck thrown from the balcony

That's insane. You can clearly see the puck fall directly in front of the camera too. Hope it didn't hit anyone.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Why penalize the team that was not at fault especially when they are circling the net? Read the posts, lost of people are saying it's the Buffalo players fault.

Even Bednar said in his postgame that it wasn’t goaltender interference. He just wanted a whistle.

Never mind the injury and goal, am I the only one who sees some ****ing psychopath throw a puck from the upper deck down into the crowd below?

In the OP video, it shows up at 0:09 and then clearly visible at 1:19.



Imagine watching this play live and then immediately being hit in the head by a ****ing puck thrown from the balcony

Could be a hat. Buffalo fans were probably confused by Benson’s celebration and thought it was his 3rd of the game and .

 

[Freaky Styley]

If the puck makes it out to the point where a slap shot could be zoinked at goalie then yeah..stop it. But a puck behind the net and wrap around isn't going to injure a goalie who is already down

To Bednar's point though, if the puck is in the crease and they are banging and it goes in, fine. But if the play goes into the corner, blow it dead when there's an obvious injury like any other player.

 

[BagHead]

Yeah, this is about where I came down on the matter.

It’s a case where there’s really not a possible call that would satisfy every angle on the play. By the nature of what happened the ref will be screwing one team or the other, no matter what.

I think I’m about 51% on the side of preferring a whistle there, given that the injury was clearly accidental (because no D would do that to his goalie on purpose) and the resulting play didn’t exactly produce a “hockey goal”. If that sequence had led to anything other than a clean wraparound it could have been even worse… imagine a point shot sneaking up underneath Wedgewood’s mask while he’s in that prone position. So I’d like to see a whistle there, but I don’t blame the ref at all for the way he judged it in the moment.

I'm about 51% the opposite way, but I could certainly be persuaded by 2%. Might even just wake up there tomorrow.

 

[Unspecified]

Even Bednar said in his postgame that it wasn’t goaltender interference. Th

i think it’s a hat. Buffalo fans were probably confused by Benson’s celebration and thought it was his 3rd of the game and .

If Bednar is coaching the Sabres he sees nothing wrong with the goal.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

If Bednar is coaching the Sabres he sees nothing wrong with the goal.

Oh really? See I didn’t know that. This changes things.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

He was slewfooted lol

Wheres the penalty for slewfoot?

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Even Bednar said in his postgame that it wasn’t goaltender interference. He just wanted a whistle.

Could be a hat. Buffalo fans were probably confused by Benson’s celebration and thought it was his 3rd of the game and .

Go to 1:19 and go frame by frame. You can see the puck fall directly in front of the camera

 

[Beerz]

To Bednar's point though, if the puck is in the crease and they are banging and it goes in, fine. But if the play goes into the corner, blow it dead when there's an obvious injury like any other player.

I don't agree with that.. and it's not something you see unless it's a face/head shot or cut by skate ect .. injuries happen and was a result of the Avs defender..

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Go to 1:19 and go frame by frame. You can see the puck fall directly in front of the camera

But that’s not as funny. I have about 6 weeks of Zach Benson material to play with here so I’m sticking with the hat.

 

[EdAVSfan]

If Bednar is coaching the Sabres he sees nothing wrong with the goal.

You didn’t watch the video posted a few posts up did you?
Bednar clearly states that under different circumstances (ie the puck is already at the front of the net and sabres are hacking at it, it’s a good goal).

 

[Beerz]

Wheres the penalty for slewfoot?

Wasn't called.. but i am sure if you open your eyes you will see it.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Could be a hat. Buffalo fans were probably confused by Benson’s celebration and thought it was his 3rd of the game and .

That would make sense, but visually it’s 100% a puck.

 

[Tralfamadore]

If Bednar is coaching the Sabres he sees nothing wrong with the goal.

K and if that's the Stars and Oettinger in net you're probably bitchin. So what?

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I don't agree with that.. and it's not something you see unless it's a face/head shot or cut by skate ect .. injuries happen and was a result of the Avs defender..

Didn’t they blow a play down earlier in this exact game tonight while Colorado had the puck because Dahlin was laying on the ice lol?