The no call
Bozak takes out Acciari … pic.twitter.com/iPuqQvkLS6
— Cristiano Simonetta (@CMS_74_) June 7, 2019
Bozak takes out Acciari … pic.twitter.com/iPuqQvkLS6
— Cristiano Simonetta (@CMS_74_) June 7, 2019
For those asking, here’s the wording in the rule book: pic.twitter.com/EvJDvqSe54
— Scouting The Refs 🦓 (@ScoutingTheRefs) June 7, 2019
Chris Johnston: NHL officiating boss Stephen Walkom on the missed tripping call that ended up leading to the game-winning goal: “We don’t make comments on judgment calls within games. There are hundreds of judgment calls in every game. The official on the play, he viewed it and he didn’t view it as a penalty at the time.”
On the Boston Bruins side of the no-call
Boston Bruins: Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy: “I’m a fan of the game. This is the National Hockey League, it’s getting a black eye with their officiating this playoffs…it was egregious.”
Boston Bruins: Cassidy continued: “We thought we got screwed, but you’ve got to keep playing. We did. We got the next goal. Gave us a chance to win.”
“I’m a fan of the game. This is the National Hockey League, it’s getting a black eye with their officiating this playoffs…it was egregious.”
🎥 Bruce Cassidy reacts following the #NHLBruins‘ Game 5 loss: pic.twitter.com/iyLxzCJTFo
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 7, 2019
On the St. Louis Blues side of the no-call
Lou Korac: St. Louis Blues forward Tyler Bozak on the play involving Noel Acciari: “It was just a puck battle, I don’t know. I saw the puck there and went for it. He was down. I don’t really know what happened to be honest with you. Yeah, we’ll take it.”
Luke Fox: St. Louis Blues coach Craig Berube: “I’m not here to judge the officials.”
On penalties called this series
Jeremy Rutherford: Bruins coach Cassidy on Berube’s comments about Blues getting too many called penalties and how they were the least penalized team through the first three rounds: “The narrative changed after Game 3. There’s a complaint or whatever put forth by the opposition. It just seems to have changed everything.”
Jeremy Rutherford: Blues coach Craig Berube on Bruce Cassidy’s assertion: “I don’t agree with it but it doesn’t matter. I’m not here to judge the officials and calls that could have been or couldn’t have. They go both ways. There were calls the other way that could have been called and they weren’t.”
Whose fault?
Ken Campbell: “I’ve said it before, but it bears mentioning again. Don’t blame the officials for this debacle. They really are the best officials in the world. The blame for this falls squarely with the NHL hockey operations department that is overrun with former players who direct them.”