Did The LA Kings Cheat Columbus?
by PPP on Feb 2, 2012 1:55 AM EST
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PrintTonight, Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings scored the game winning goal against the Columbus with 0.4 seconds left on the clock. Or at least, that's how it will go into the records books. There seems to be some controversy over whether there was a clock malfunction or malfeasance that allowed the Kings an extra half second or two. Daniel Tolensky - the man you'll find tweeting positive stats about Pulver Sports clients whenever they are getting dumped on by Twitter users - was the first to catch the pause in the dying seconds on his twitter feed although there is a bit of a Zapruder quality to that video.
After the jump there's the original video and a selection of other angles.
Tolensky's homemade video. Squint.
Of course, it is possible that the pause was simply on the television feed. Puckurgently assures me that video people are the worst. But, here's a version with the official timer in the corner of screen and it also shows the pause
And to throw a little gasoline on the fire, here is the video that the NHL put up on their website which starts the replay after the pause with 1.8 seconds left.
Are there other explanations? As I mentioned, there is the chance that it was a result of the video feeds. A couple of people mentioned to me that it could have been a result of the timing on the screen catching up to the real time.
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch had the following post game quote from interim coach Todd Richards:
"I don't have any official word. But watching the replay and talking to our (FS Ohio) producer the clock stopped at 1.8 and stopped for 1.5 seconds. They scored with 0.5 seconds left. I'm really disappointed for the players."
As Chemmy noted, they should probably be happy that they did not get the extra point especially since the Oilers are making their annual charge for the top pick in the draft. They need all of the help they can get. Still, I wonder how the NHL will address the situation.
Update (2:06am)
Gann Matsuda of Frozen Royalty tweeted the following for what it's worth:
#lakings sources close to situation, Doughty's goal at end of game was reviewed by#nhl in Toronto, who told timekeeper to put 0.7 on clock.
Update (11:35am) From Jackets' GM Scott Howson
I spoke with (NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations) Colin Campbell on two occasions after the game. Sometimes in watching the game on television there can be confusion with respect to the game clock. Some television broadcasts use their own game clock that is not official with the rink. However, and after double checking, Colin confirmed that we were actually seeing the official game clock stop for one full second. Therefore, when you do the math, Drew Doughty actually scored 0.4 seconds after time had expired, which means the goal should have been disallowed and should have gone to overtime. Colin has promised me that the NHL will investigate this to try and figure out how this happened.
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How could a goal with less than a second left NOT be officially reviewed. Fuck you cant let the on ice refs have that kind of judgement.
Being a Leafs fan makes me bipolar.
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by PPP on Feb 2, 2012 2:10 AM EST up reply actions
I think they did review it but they just check to make sure that it went in before 0.0 is on the clock. I don’t even know that they can look for anything else.
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by PPP on Feb 2, 2012 2:09 AM EST up reply actions
34.7 …
In the event of any dispute regarding time, the matter shall be referred to the Referees for adjudication and their decision shall be final.
Doesn’t say when this dispute must be reported though
Needless to say, that NHL explanation will be interesting.
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Do you think the NHL will actually say something? They rarely come out and speak on calls. If anything they’ll just say it was the right decision and invent something to explain it away.
Being a Leafs fan makes me bipolar.
Nah, I doubt they will say anything. It is only the integrity of the game at stake, and when did they ever care about that?
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by HockeyAnalysis on Feb 2, 2012 8:04 AM EST up reply actions
There's only one reasonable explanation here.
It’s all Lebda’s fault.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Feb 2, 2012 2:10 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
That explains everything. His awfulness clearly knows no bounds.
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by PPP on Feb 2, 2012 2:12 AM EST up reply actions
He played 26 minutes tonight, At least Edmonton are kind of trying
In summing up, it's the Constitution, it's Mabo, it's justice, it's law, it's the vibe and... No, that's it, it's the vibe. I rest my case
26 fucking minutes?
I thought the Blue Jackets were bad, but I had no idea it was THIS bad…
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by FiftyMissionCap on Feb 2, 2012 2:30 AM EST up reply actions
When your defence corps includes three rookies and a guy who spent all of last season in the AHL, even Lebda starts to enter the picture. He may be legendarily bad, but so are the 2012 Columbus Blue Jackets.
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by Back In Black on Feb 2, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
I wonder if Tyler Seguin bought his old alarm clock in LA.
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by zekebud on Feb 2, 2012 2:18 AM EST reply actions 5 recs
Random rulebook gem
31.11 […]
If, through misadventure or sickness, the Referees and Linesmen appointed are prevented from appearing, the League will make every attempt to find suitable replacement officials, otherwise,the Managers or Coaches of the two Clubs shall agree on Referee(s) and Linesman(men).
If they are unable to agree, they shall appoint a player from each side who shall act as Referee and Linesman; the player of the home Club acting as Referee and the player of the visiting Club as Linesman.
I have only one explanation
Rogue apostrophes from dimension X.
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
angry jackets fan here, glad someone else caught this
i was at the bar, and when this happened it ruined my night, some of us here still care. .. thx for looking out leafs… phaneuf is my (non jacket) guy
Welcome!
We like all kinds here, and I believe you got cheated.
That said, Lebda led your time in ice time? Are you guys TRYING to tank the season?!
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by FiftyMissionCap on Feb 2, 2012 2:45 AM EST up reply actions
*team
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by FiftyMissionCap on Feb 2, 2012 2:47 AM EST up reply actions
have u seen our roster....
last week we played the lightning and guy bouchier was complaining about his injuries, he had some 120+ games lost from injury…. here we have 205+….. lebda is sadly one of our better defensemen playing at the moment its so bad
lebda is sadly one of our better defensemen playing at the moment its so bad
I lived through some pretty terrible Leafs teams in the last few years, but this sentence alone makes me want to give you a hug and tell you everything will be okay.
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lol seriously,,,
hes got a goal in the 4 games hes played, weve been outscored 5-17 the games hes played and hes only -1 on this god forsaken roster, not horrid. we lost 0-6 last night,
And this is the same defenseman who managed to finish -3 for us in a 9-3 win last year….
What the actual fuck, Columbus?
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by FiftyMissionCap on Feb 2, 2012 3:06 AM EST up reply actions
wow i didnt believe that stat until i looked, thats hard to do....
maybe he realiezed that if he cant get a team to sign him until the worst place jackets down 4 defensemen call, he better bring his A game, at least at the start, or else hes gonna be working at the citgo very soon
Yeah, you must be new around here….that stat is an ongoing meme in these parts…..
….in Columbus.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Feb 2, 2012 3:33 AM EST up reply actions
ya i just joined because this article
btw, i sorta jokenly told everyone i knew ben scrivens would turn out to be the best goalie of all time, after watching his first game ever against us making us look bad, but i stand by my word…. just remember who called it out first when it heppens
I remember when we had a similar "rock bottom" moment back in 2009-10.
For me it felt like rock bottom, anyway.
We were playing the Habs at home on Boxing Day and the game went into overtime. At the time I believe we were something crazy like 0-9 in games that went past regulation. I figured there was no way we were going to lose another overtime game.
Then we did. I don’t remember who scored but we’d lost our tenth overtime game of the season. To the Habs.
I threw my phone across the room. My Dad was terrified.
So yeah, I feel for Blue Jackets fans right now. Because I know exactly how they feel.
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The "rock bottom" moment for me during that season
Was the game against Vancouver prior to the Phaneuf deal. Going up 3-0 and then blowing it killed me. Luckily the trade happened the next day so I wasn’t so rattled about it… but I know for sure that the team was in shit.
Sucks for the Jackets, it was a tough situation for Carter.. him being traded to Columbus is equivalent to taking a kid out of his warm comfy bed and throwing him in the cold with just a blanket. (the blanket being Rick Nash). I wish them well and hope Yakupov can turn the franchise around.
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Great tweet by Dave Hodge...
TSNDaveHodge: Next pre-game speech by CBJ coach Todd Richards: “Play hard for the full 60:01.”
Come get your duds in order 'cuz we're bound to cross the water, HEAVE AWAY, me jollies, HEAVE AWAY -- Bowl of Fruit Lups in the evening gets the playoffs started!!
by TheNadger on Feb 2, 2012 10:28 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Worst part
might be the fact that the NHL is completely ignoring the controversy, just proclaiming the event as a “clutch moment” for Doughty. They’re usually better about this sort of thing.
Not sure why this is so hard to explain...
The clock person thought the whistle was going to blow.. so he stopped the clock.. realized it wasn’t going to be blown, so he started it again.
The stop also coincides with the ref waiving something off (I think the high stick).
Changing my "Goat of The Year" player from Armstrong to Kulemin
Except that’s not the explanation anyone is giving.
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