Connor McDavid & Tyler Myers Receive Match Penalty For Cross-Checking

[@rorybiller]

Several ref non calls in one sequence lead directly to violence.

[@99oildrops]

All it took was one call to stop that from happening. Amateur hour by the NHL.

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

mcdavid and myers lost their cool, myers was the worst because bouchard didn't do anything to him to deserve a cross check to the face. ridiculous play tyler thats why you need to go we can't have players like that costing us.

[@carlwork-u7y]

The main difference from why people watch nfl versus nhl is nfl refs will usually call a penalty when there is one, amateur nhl refs is a when they feel like it basis

[@WarrenSpears-q9r]

Blow call there let tackle same 2 time not call

[@tbd3058]

NFL ones will usually call a penalty too when there is none on whoever plays the KC Mahomeses

[@Rockosheffer]

Referees need to take responsibility for allowing it to get to that point. Whistle should've been blown long before tempers flared.

[@wayderyt]

And a penalty on garland. Horrible display of reffing.

[@mustbename]

they only protect mcdavid and close eyes on his dirty play

[@BrodyCanuck]

Yeah when McDavid was dryhumping Garland he shouldve gotten holding, and this wouldnt have happened.

[@BrodyCanuck]

Yeah they should've called McDick for dry humping Garland and holding him down on the ice for 30 seconds. Garland wouldn't have tried to hold him in retaliation if he didn't do this.

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

@@mustbename exactly they both deserve 2-3 games each cross checking is as bad as it gets besides knee on knee

[@aanler]

The refs deserve a match penalty for letting that escalate. Dreadful.

[@-Twenty-Nine-]

Both refs should definitely be suspended for this

[@jonathan.bastiaan]

The players also had enough time to stop but they chose to escalate it even if the refs blew the play dead it could have still happened

[@Iggykoop]

​@@jonathan.bastiaan Exactly, they chose violence, and now they have to open their purse.

[@Bum_Hip]

@@jonathan.bastiaanboth things can be true at the same time, the officials, and the players both deserve blame.

[@F.A-TUBE]

I penalized ur mum last match

[@Brandew]

Refs had about 50 chances to blow the play and give them both penalties, yet they let it come to this. Good Job!!

[@MatthewLoewen-x4u]

thankyou finally someone who isn't saying just garland should get a penalty

[@HockeyRiveNord]

Until McDavid did the crosscheck, Vancouver didn't have control of the puck to justify a stoppage. Why would the Ref blow what was essentially a 'power play' ?

[@donmartens9022]

Refs wont stop play when oilers have the puck in offensive zone... they want them to score

[@1302YD]

Obviously just Garland should’ve got a penalty. Had him in a leg lock for 10 seconds and then pinned him down again. Atrocious reffing

[@kw9377]

@@1302YD I guess u miss the hold/interference on mcdavid at first and then punch to the back of the head of garland

[@CodyFresh16]

McDavid giving backshots, then garland tackling him, leading to a mccrosscheck to the face, THEN Tyler Myers thinks hes slick and can realign bouchards eyes with a crosscheck of his own. God i love when these teams play eachother

[@jayvashisht684]

Mcdavid giving WHAT

[@thejanwe2002]

They are playing against each other again in 5 days

[@thedoctor16]

But McDavid will be in the stands

[@sucraf1]

I understand McDavid getting mad when Garland thought it was MMA and not hockey, but why the hell did Myers crosscheck the guy in the face?

[@calebhunt6222]

lmfao

[@LightningNC]

Did you know that players get injured far more often during games that Wes McCauley is officiating? Now you see exactly why. This man neglects his responsibility to properly call a game, and it leads to people getting hurt. He's a menace.

[@jimedge8301]

When a referee doesn't control a game until there's no time left ,what a dumbass

[@me1698]

reffing is absolutely brutal no wonder the players take matters into their own hands

[@belacw220]

Missed calls lead to this. Hate to say it but poor reffing

[@davidcurrie8962]

Ya if its called neither crosscheck happens and all is well. Not excusing either player but if it is called it avoids this whole mess.

[@thejanwe2002]

Even if it's a delay penalty on Garland, Oilers had the puck the whole sequence. How can the refs blow it down?

[@sucraf1]

Why would you hate to say it? Everyone almost says it almost every game for any team. Refs are terrible.

[@donmartens9022]

​@@sucraf1reffing is bad every game

[@SolidRizo]

Dont hate to say it! Bettmans ref boys were dogshit

[@ShaunYoung-u1w]

In lieu of a suspension the league has ruled that McDavid is sentenced to living in Edmonton for 8 more years.

[@algrundau9441]

8 Months of rain, 4 months of forest fire smoke, 2 hour daily traffic jams and ZERO Stanley Cups have made you Salty Shaun....And lay off the Meth, it's not good for you.

[@Michael-u3r2e]

@@algrundau9441 And still a better place to live than Deadmonton.

[@t2av159]

​@algrundau9441 bc is quite nice weather wise, people not so much. It's -23C in Edmonton Yeah, no thanks

[@hughAZZ]

​@@t2av159you sold van to China. No self respecting Canadian lives there

[@wayne3340]

​@@algrundau9441Edmontonians honeymoon in BC

[@jeremyjones9859]

When Ferraro yelled out. “Oh no!!!” I thought someone got murdered

[@agent-proofme7720]

I agree. He’s such a dink.

[@Novorious]

This is what happens when the referees do not call this crap. Call it, send that dude to box, and call it a day, period.

[@beefchief8692]

Oilers had the puck the whole time when would they call it

[@josiahpiva5745]

As an Oiler fan, I agree that McDavid deserved a match penalty for that. On the other hand, how did Garland get away with that for so long?? Refs were horrible for both sides all game, but all in all good game Vancouver, you guys earned it

[@BigBSinclair]

I'm shocked we won. We've been horrible and the Oilers look amazing!

[@achroniccarebear7464]

How did garland get away with that for so long? McDavid was purposely pinning him to the ice well after the puck left them before Garland even returned the favour….

[@dajusta87]

McDavid was sitting on Garland for like 5 seconds, and then Garland returned the favor, plus no hand went up during all that.

[@davidcurrie8962]

Well I was wondering why it was so bad until I realized who the main ref was lol that explained everything.

[@thpretty9514]

@@dajusta87 LOL, Vanconver fan, Your just blind

[@phattmelo43]

ppl really forget how penalties work. They didn't blow the whistle right away on Garland because VANCOUVER DIDN'T TOUCH THE PUCK. It was called immediately after McDavid cross checked him because Edmonton had possession. McDavid and Myers BOTH deserve suspensions. Being agitated CAN'T EVER excuse a dirty play.

[@kwan3560]

McDavid deserves a 50 game suspension

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

@@kwan3560 be real. He’s getting at least 1 or 3 games.

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

@phattmelo43. Absolutely. Both of them are getting 1 or 3 games. There’s no place in this league for those dirty plays.

[@lookandIlooked]

@@Stzu-s2bt55you have way too much faith in the system

[@Jungfrun1]

I feel like your the one who forgot how to rules work. In order for that rule to matter the refs would have to actually call the penalty. There needs to be a delayed penalty for that rule to apply.

[@trev3971]

The severity of the McDavid crosscheck is uncalled for, but I least we know why he's mad. WTF is Myers doing?

[@carletonrutherford1799]

As a Canucks fan I agree with your question. LOL!

[@redzed9523]

That garland guy deserved the cross check he was trying to stop McDavid from getting up

[@nitro2199]

Are you just biased or were you daydreaming for the 10 seconds before while McDavid was dry humping him from behind?

[@3quipto]

Lol it's smart on Garlands part, he took the the best player out of the game.

[@BigGayPapi]

@@redzed9523 Draisatl, S Skinner and eckholm do nothing but overexagerate calls all game. mcdavid had what he had coming to him

[@ImmortalHydra86]

Terrible reffing on both sides all game. I get the penalties and all but that coulda been avoided if the refs actually did their jobs and whistled the play beforehand.

[@johnnyc.31]

They don’t whistle a penalty until that team gets possession. Edmonton had puck control the entire time.

[@edschramm6757]

@@johnnyc.31 which would mean a very immediate penalty for holding since mcdavid was pinning the guy to the ice

[@Ptricl-cz5ci]

@@johnnyc.31if they call one on McDavid play stops immediately. If they are going to call one on Garland, an arm goes up and Edmonton would GUARANTEED throw the puck to a Canuck (probably just a shot on net so Demmer touches it) immediately. A 5-on-4 is easier to score than a 6-on-5… No whistle, and no arms up. I’m not gonna defend the Myers/McDavid crosschecks as both were dirty bullshit, but the situation absolutely developed because of incompetent refereeing.

[@rowanreese5692]

I was expecting this to be a both guys did kinda bad things type of deal, but there is a good 10 seconds of uncalled penalty after uncalled penalty and it's absurd. Refs need to stop trying to manage the calls and just call a penalty when there's a penalty.

[@kirbygates9531]

@rowanreese5692 o yah only for ur team right

[@JaneNayes]

no

[@HLIne-nm5xr]

​@@kirbygates9531yeah you said it .but who was that

[@SylviusTheMad]

The league needs to suspend the refs for this one, not the players.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

I'll second that.

[@Iggykoop]

For what, the players poor judgment?

[@matthewbarry7026]

@@Iggykoop For not doing there job

[@YzzSC]

@@matthewbarry7026 what do you mean they missed in this situation?

[@matthewbarry7026]

@ Interference

[@aussiekid3588]

These refs need a MAJOR pay cut. They are useless and could be replaced by almost any minor league ref

[@Oo-Pitbull-oO]

Not could be... SHOULD be 🙄

[@g4111]

Wes McCauley loves to have his fingerprint on the game. If he'd just call penalties as they're defined, this would have never have got to this point. But he's gotta have his moment on the mic giving the majors and spicing it up with minors for the rest.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Wasn't McCauley involves in a major kerfuffle with fans in Vancouver last year as well?

[@g4111]

@user-iw5mp5th6d I think you might be right. Was it when he got run into in a game vs Boston?

[@veerpartapsohal7557]

Well that’s certainly a way to end a game

[@cowscrazy]

This is all the Ref's fault. Not saying that cross check is ok. Cause thats horrible and he should be suspended. But if the Ref does there job and calls the penalty this never happens

[@jjv486]

I was there cheering the Canucks on. I had a full view. It looked like McDavid was sitting on him, but that's because he couldn't get up. Garland was holding McDavid's arm down, and Garland also had his leg up to prevent him from moving. McDavid punched him to try to get Garland to let go. Garland kept holding on to him, which led to the cross-check. Sorry, Oilers, the Canucks were desperate for a win and played a bit dirty. I'm happy about the win because we badly needed it.

[@coreyg.3106]

yeah Garlands legs were holding on to McDavid's right leg.

[@UtahHockeyFan9]

McDavid pushed him down first. Unbelievable that people are saying Garland instigated that. McDavid's malicious cheap shot to the face was what's dirty, not the Canucks. McDavid deserves at least a 3 game suspension for that.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Incompetent referee for letting it reach a boiling point.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Went to a hockey game and a WWE wrestling match broke out. Way better than a center ice pow wow and a national anthem.

[@binoched9302]

If the REFEREES called what was an OBVIOUS penalty on McD, none of this would have happened.

[@nepjnin]

obvious on mcdavid? the guy getting held for 20 seconds? give your head a shake grandpa

[@richardkhchang]

@@nepjnin He pinned down and punched that guy in the back of the head immediately before that. Garland committed those infractions in response to McDavid's initial committed infractions, then McDavid did something suspension-worthy. It all still began with McDavid.

[@binoched9302]

@@nepjnin Penalty being committed on McD, you obtuse tool

[@misakikoko4500]

@@nepjnin They could have called the elbow or the punches by McDavid before he crosschecked Garland.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

3rd period penalty summary is a total joke. Garland wasn't penalized for holding and Myers and Bouchard received 2 minutes each for slashing besides the 5 to Myers. How does McCauley even have a job as an NHL referee?

[@ColdPressd]

Refs 100000 percent to blame for that whole sequence. The NHL has lost the plot with its officiating.

[@kodyskwarchuk7421]

Cant believe Wes McAuley of all people, let it get this bad. He could have just called interference on Garland for screwing with McDavid, but noooo.

[@ddropkick]

Remember when referees used to control the game?

[@EricMcCotter]

Last year I was bitching about too much influence, tonight I'm crying about a lack of whistles being blown 😂

[@ddropkick]

@ It's one or the other. Rarely do you see the reffing hit the sweet spot where they are an authority but not influencing the game one way or another!

[@AEMoreira81]

The refs should also be punished since there was a clear missed penalty on Garland before the matching match penalties. McDavid has one prior suspension, in 2019 for cross-checking Nick Leddy. Myers also has one prior suspension, in 2012 for boarding Scott Gomez. I expect 2-3 games for both players.

[@sameplayer5220]

Wait, are we really surprised about these refs? These are the guys who apparently have been “cracking down” on cross checks in front of the net but unless a guy goes off injured, the refs just seem to have the most expensive seat in the arena 😂😂 Give me a chance to apply to become an NHL ref, these guys are hilariously bad.

[@YzzSC]

If you are McDavid it doesnt matter if a player goes off injured from the stuff you do. He elbowed Johansson the other night, Johansson got face injury and concussion and is now on IR. Not a word from the league about it.

[@Bum_Hip]

None of this happens if the damn officials just call the clear penalties before the cross checks. Wes might be the best example of what needs to be taken care of in the entire league.

[@spelunkerd]

With only two seconds to go, a penalty means nothing if a team doesn't win the face off. Oilers had possession anyway. Even so, that kind of blatant, embarrassing behavior needs to be controlled. The more egregious cross check on Bouchard was unprovoked retaliation against a guy who did nothing.

[@EvanJudge]

Not enough people notice the “pretend like we’re tangled up” holding that Garland was doing.

[@ryan5307]

Yep, it's crazy people think McDavid would want to take Garland out of the game for the last 20 seconds instead of it being the other way around. idk if they're dumb, stupid, or r-slured

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

OIlers next game is on ESPN against the Capitals. What are the odd's that the NHL suspends McDavid. I'd say zero because the NHL is a business and the American market is important to the NHL.

[@realtime175]

Yep, they both held each other down at one point.. only one of them cross checked the other in the face tho ya see

[@realtime175]

Absolutely needs to be 5 games to maintain the standard of you cannot assault someone with a weapon just because you are playing a game

[@andrepelletier9495]

Wes McAuley at it again. Awful Referee

[@happytrails1963]

Ouch that last crosscheck to the face...

[@dantheman4700]

terrible refs entire game

[@kantalla3698]

A lot of folks blaming the refs for this situation. Which option would you prefer they choose: 1) Penalty on Garland only - Canucks would be angry about no call for McDavid's gloved punch to the back of Garland's head, and as the play wouldn't have immediately stopped, McDavid probably still does the cross-check. 2) Call both - play stopped with about 10 seconds left for some 4 on 4. Oilers would be angry about an attacking possession being taken away at a critical moment. 3) Let them play - allows things to escalate and in this situation led to McDavid losing his cool. Doesn't seem like there is a great choice in those three.

[@tyscam]

I wonder what Garland did to get McDavid to punch him? I suspect he was already holding him down. McDavid wouldn't have done that otherwise, dude wants to win.

[@ketadorv6705]

@@tyscamyou didnt watch the video? You can clearly see mcdavid diving on garland while he is on the ground. Mcdavid started this and shits hits the fan. Its fine. I seriously think this match penalty and the whole thing is bullshit.

[@mynameismud4598]

@@ketadorv6705 Thats right. McDavid has aggression issues, and he used to cry a lot at home when his mom wouldn't give him macaroni, and I heard from a source that he was a heavy bed wetter.

[@bumpin0]

@@ketadorv6705 There is no way this is actually your opinion. Should take your own advice and watch the video. Garland grabbed McDavid's left arm and pulled him down and continued to hold his left arm so he couldn't get up.

[@eldvedr5472]

bettman new exactly what he was doing make wes the ref for this game.

[@Jungfrun1]

Anyone mentioning that the refs didn't call the play because the canucks never touched the puck should remember that for that rule to apply a delayed penalty would've needed to be call first. Even so lets day Garland did pin down mcdavid pretty sure punching someone in the back on the head or neck while they are on the ice is also a penalty 1:52 which if called would've stopped the game.

[@JamesKreller]

Poor referring

[@sensationaldenny]

Refs just standing there watching a wrestling match...McDavid being held down and interference, Garland should have had two minor pens right then and there.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Absolutely Garland should gotten 2 minutes for holding. Penalty summary shows that it wasn't called. What kind of ref makes a call of 2 minutes for everybody on the ice? How about the goalies, they were on ice. I guess McCauley forgot the goalies.

[@dalebaxter5920]

But they aren’t going to blow the whistle and call the penalty until Vancouver gains possession.

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

@@user-iw5mp5th6d they actually have done it before once during a game. I forgot who was playing but the officiating gave a penalty for everyone on the ice once.

[@jessicacampese3875]

refs dont know what a whistle is i guess

[@veerpartapsohal7557]

What mcdavid did was dirty yes and it should probably be a suspension and/or fine. But myers did the exact same thing and it’s not really being talked about.

[@realms4879]

Probably just because of how well known he is. They both deserve suspensions.

[@toke7342]

Dirty? He defended himself.

[@Eugromlol]

maybe if the refs called the penalty he wouldnt have gotten crosschecked

[@Childofbhaal]

@@toke7342McDavid is the one who first ran into him and was holding him down. He legit stared anything

[@mrchi3f1179]

@@realms4879 Myers being suspended honestly helps the Nucks lol

[@xarfrost]

Look at the Oilers fans trying to justify McDavid's cross check. But they didnt know he pushed Garland down first, and hit him while Garland is lying on the ice. This is before Garland was holding McDavid.

[@mynameismud4598]

Even the commentator missed that

[@bumpin0]

Are people just so stupid that then can't see what happened? McDavid fell and Garland grabbed and held onto his left arm. While on the ground Garland kept holding onto the arm so McDavid couldn't get up and get back into the play. McDavid got pissed and hit Garland to let go of his arm. Garland then gets up and continues to hold to mess with McDavid and it escalates into the crosscheck. Very easy to tell what happened. Should of been a holding call against Garland and maybe a roughing call against McDavid but the ref did nothing.

[@bluethunder1951]

Watch it again and Garland grabbed his arm and pulled him down, he wasn’t pushed down, but didn’t deserve the shot to the head.

[@joon1306]

It’s so funny how much the announcers are focusing on Garland holding McDavid as if McDavid wasn’t laying the pipe for a good five seconds on Garland. It’s only until the obvious cross check that the announcers can no longer be biased

[@Shortokeiki]

When he gets up it looks like he gives Garland a knock on the head which probably pissed him right off. Garland doesnt do stuff like this for no reason

[@jeremyb5407]

Ferarro is kind of slow

[@rsingh8837]

Garland had McDavid's arm under him. McDavid's not holding Garland in the offensive zone with 15 seconds left. That's all Garland, knowing that even if he gets called, the whistle probably won't go until the game is done and he's managed to keep the most dangerous player on the ice out of the attack. It's a dirty but smart play.

[@jonesy710]

Worst ref of all time right there

[@EthanD-d8e]

Acting like ur team had time to do anything even if it went ur way

[@RBdestroyer3321]

I expected better officiating from Wes Mccauley

[@MaddogKish]

Mcdavid and Garland should have dropped the gloves.That would have been funny. McDavid deserves 2 games but will only get a one game suspension. Myers deserves 5 games will get only 2.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

I don't think anybody gets anything. The NHL will probably wants to sweep it under the rug rather than highlight its own shortcomings.

[@SC-gs8dc]

I think it more likely McDavid gets 2 and Myers gets 2-3.

[@micahgerbrandy8601]

2:16 that crosscheck was crazy

[@doctordakotascorpio7047]

Oilers fan here GG to Canucks. if Mcdavid at least doesn't get a Fine at Best (or a game suspension) after that crosscheck no matter what happened during the play or who started it first That's gonna be some BS kinda if he doesn't honestly. Good Job Refs letting it get to that point

[@o0_VanYsH_0o]

@@doctordakotascorpio7047 Canucks fan here, GGs!!! Yeah, And that Myers hit was BRUTAL, I'm glad he at least got a match as well, that one looked even Worse. I WILL SAY THOUGH, Looking at Garland a little more closely, Mcdavid DEFINITELY started it, ya can't call it self defense when you labeled the same guy in the back of the head 15 seconds prior. Good news is, we'll be in Edmonton real soon to play again. Best of luck to ya, Y'all earned my respect last year, can't wait to see these two teams go at it again!!

[@Apoch86]

⁠@@o0_VanYsH_0oI appreciate that you seem like a level headed nuck fan.. can I ask, when mcdavid fell on garland, do you suppose the punch could have been due to frustration from being intentionally leg locked by garland? I know it looks like mcdavids holding him down, but looking at their legs, I think garland had something to do with that… Now that doesn’t justify the punch at ALL, and that should have been a penalty, but perhaps it just offers a little context for why it happened?

[@doctordakotascorpio7047]

@@o0_VanYsH_0o Likewise with the Canucks and Thanks Looking forward to the Next Meeting. i definitely do agree what you said about the Situation. don't know what's going through McDavid's Mind with these incidents last few games especially during the wild game but he's gotta watch out now going forward

[@RedPillBased]

Love the no call on McDavid hitting the back of the head

[@1cx7r23]

Ferraro is doing Edmonton games now?

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

Saturday nights you usually will have Ray doing games.

[@camaro69green31]

Why is the NHL Reffing so incredibly pathetic?? Garland was holding for 10 seconds and the tackled McDavid??? And NO CALL????? Unbelievable. NHL Reffing is so pathetic.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

And on hockey day in Canada! lol. The NHL is such a low quality league.

[@joelreyes978]

@@user-iw5mp5th6d not top 3 in american sports.

[@basswanderer2765]

I’ve seen some pretty shi@@y reffing but this takes the cake.

[@garrettmcdavid3731]

good job Draisatl!!

[@jasonjansen9831]

So we just going to ignore that McDavid cheapshots Gar in the back in the head to start all of this?

[@OuZi9891]

I dislike both teams but come on you can't be that blind lol

[@jonah.donohue]

Dont you dare Bot

[@jasonjansen9831]

@@OuZi9891 1:18 you don't see that punch and you call me blind? lol

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

@@jasonjansen9831 I see that play you pined so is that guy blind then because I’m seeing what you’re seeing.

[@sportsfanatic472]

@@OuZi9891you have eyes. Use em

[@andrewm4787]

Be interesting to see the difference in McDavid and Myers league discipline, should be identical, but i doubt it will be

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Neither will get anything is my guess.

[@1pbdecoded1pb]

5 games for Tyler Myers. 1 game for McDavid.

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

as a canucks fan that sounds fair to me

[@eatingsnowman]

McDavid is a repeat offender, so it needs to be more than what Matthews got for first offense when he crosschecked Dahlin

[@1pbdecoded1pb]

@@eatingsnowman should be an interesting decision

[@devonshepherd176]

@@eatingsnowmanshut up ya Leaf cuck

[@zacharyholmes3375]

@@eatingsnowmanhow is he a repeat?

[@mastersmmaandfitness7661]

Conor is the best player today but he has been getting away with high stick and cross check too many times

[@daleprokopiuk9400]

I think Connor McDavid is tired of everyone over shadowing him in every game and pushing their luck with him! And every team in the NHL is taking jabs at him! It’s about that damn time that Connor takes jabs right back at them! Enough is enough!

[@Mrpoolparty]

Then their job is complete, getting in to his head and he takes a dumb match penalty. Easy win for his opponents

[@cory4129]

Maybe he should stop with the accidentally on purpose stick work to opponents faces that he gets away with almost every game

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Not even sure how bad Garland was hurt. Concussed and out for a few games? Didn't look like it when he was talking to Draisaitl.

[@MonsterHockey9]

0:23 ray ferraro

[@Froze82]

I found this to be really interesting and honestly I hope these kinds of rivalries fights at the end of a game happen more often

[@brianshaughnessy4020]

Except that there wasn't a single fight in this whole sequence; just a bunch of "somebody hold me back" moments.

[@awake780]

Both egregious and deserving a suspension. There’s no place for that crap.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

You get it when the officiating is incompetent.

[@awake780]

@ completely agree. Referees need to sense the heat of the moment and shut that down.

[@JosephM-v4z]

I think the ref may have thought that blowing the whistle and calling a penalty would have benefited Vancouver more than Edmonton. The Oilers were buzzing and stopping the play is probably what the Canucks wanted. I think that's why the Canucks player held on to McDavid for that long. I think he wanted a whistle.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Quite the way to end hockey day in Canada! The worst referee in the league. Everybody on the ice 2 minutes! LOL. You forgot about the goalies McCalley. They were on the ice too!

[@o0_VanYsH_0o]

The Goalie penalties I think are a little weird. I'M NOT SURE, but I think they send a player from the bench to the box instead of making the Goalie switch, so it's probably why so many people got off the ice. I didn't see the need for all ice players to get a minor, I was just thinking Mcdavid, and Myers get majors, and maybe Garland for interference/roughing

[@slump6522]

well in all fairness only vancouver had a goalie on the ice 😅

[@tannermurray420]

horrible job by the refs not calling any of the holding at a pivotal part of the game, horrible job on the league by not cracking down on cross checking and letting it get to this point, this isn't lacrosse, this is past lacrosse, why is the league okay with cross checking not being called anymore, such a joke, it makes players thinks things like this are ok to do

[@dalebaxter5920]

The entire time Garland is holding McDavid Edmonton has the puck. So, no whistle until Vancouver gains control.

[@tyscam]

​@@dalebaxter5920No ref put their arm up though.

[@YzzSC]

@@tyscam so? Still doesnt change the fact that Oilers had the puck so even if they had put up their arm so would the situation have happened in the same way. Smart move by Garland in my opinion. Sure he might get a penalty for it but its just a few seconds left and Oilers have the puck, most likely not loosing it until the horn sounds. So smart move by Garland. Stupid move by McDavid who I hope will be suspended for it.

[@deanm375]

Refs should have blown the whistle but that DOES NOT EXCUSE McDavid's crosscheck . McDavid should be suspended. But the NHL won't do that to their Darling golden Boy. Double standard.

[@SC-gs8dc]

They'll both be suspended 2 and miss the return match; if it was the playoffs it would only be 1. There's a chance of Myers getting an extra game since it was after the play instead of during the play and directly to the face.

[@PierLuc111]

If refs can't do their job , violence is bond to happen. ... and we got the worst referees in all major sports by far lol

[@makeitcount179]

The Ref failed to call the holding by Meyers on McDavid. And then "everybody on the ice get minors"? Who is this clown? Both goalies were watching!

[@_FY_]

2:39 - I haven't read all the comments, so someone else might have already mentioned this, but it looks like Garland catches McDavid's chin with the end of his stick during the crosscheck. McDavid seemed a bit dazed afterward. 0:23 The ref is practically holding him up here.

[@Shortokeiki]

He's fine, just knows he lost his cool and shouldnt have done that so isnt trying to take it any further

[@Coolranchdoritos281]

@@_FY_ if you look he hits him in the top lip area and the ref was just grabbing him so he didn’t do anything else

[@Paris_Theoilersdefender]

At 0:48 leon draisaitl really said "If you put your paws on my brother, YOU MEET THE JAWS OF HIS BROTHER"😭🙏🏻

[@BenNordVPN]

“You veel feel my ancestor’s definition of torture fredelain”

[@VexJinks]

McDavid gets slashed, clutched, grabbed, and cross checked more than any player in the league, and the refs refuse to call them, game after game. I think Davo deserves to dish out a little retribution. lmao

[@BenNordVPN]

She/her

[@ryan5307]

I actually think they have been letting him get away with some retribution (not an equal amount to what he takes), but I do think that cross-check probably crossed a line. Although I do think it was warranted with the 15 seconds of holding and interference the reffs let garland get away with.

[@NK73080]

McDavid is a dirty player and gets away with it because he’s McDavid… don’t dish it if you can’t take it

[@matthogan2960]

Referees are clowns one second lift so stupid

[@seanr.6596]

Mcdavid finally got up after being held down in the middle of the play only to be tackled away from the puck and held down again. That’s the most important player on the ice being taken out illegally. Id he pissed too. With that said… a cross check to the head is not warranted

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

At least the Canucks got the 2 points to keep pace with the Flames and for a change, EP40 looked like he was in the lineup.

[@gribblegrobblegrabble]

Why is everyone ignoring the fact that McDavid was laying ontop of Garland like he's in a prison shower, and then punching him in the back of the head. What Garland responded with was nothing... and then he gets crosschecked in the chin/throat. Match penalty for McDavid deserved, dont think garland deserved anything there. Myers... wild. absolutely Match penalty. Garland should've punched Draisaitl for being a whiny german though.

[@Masettini97]

Are you actually blind?! Do you really think McDavid would sit on Garland with 20 seconds left trailing one goal. It’s Garland holding him so he can’t get up and when he manages to get up (ofc with a punch - pretty justified) he get’s grappled to the ground once again completely out of play. I’m telling you 95% of hockey players are doing the crosscheck or something worse.

[@Oxmen33]

If there's a penalty with less than 10 seconds other team that didn't take penalty first should get a penalty shot. That could cost Edmonton the game and cost Vancouver nothing with a penalty only 2 seconds left.

[@algrundau9441]

"GARLAND DESERVED 2 OR 3 PENALTIES ON THAT PLAY."---RAY FERRARO...VANCOUVER CANUCK HOCKEY ANALYST....

[@thedoctor16]

Actually he works for SportsNet

[@kirbygates9531]

For what McDavid was playing the hold game too

[@algrundau9441]

@@kirbygates9531 He was TRYING TO SCORE THE EQUALISER!!!....EVEN FERRARO SAID IT!!!

[@MatthewLoewen-x4u]

@@kirbygates9531 THANKS

[@algrundau9441]

@@thedoctor16 He works for Sportsnet, mostly Covering Canucks hockey. Shows up on Canucks Fan Podcasts almost daily.

[@JasonMcdonald-jr4zv]

Everyone on the ice!! Canada 🇨🇦 🍁 I need a Referee like that!!!!

[@chrismac5560]

3 game suspension for McDavid 4 game suspension for Myers Myers gets an extra as his happened after the play was dead and the scrum had started In reality though McDavid will get an absolutely life changing $2500 fine 🙄 *Edit* And considering McDavid's next game is against Ovechkin we all know my original comment is correct, there is zero way the NHL is allowing a McDavid vs Ovechkin matchup to be missed because of an obvious suspension worthy action by the "poster child of the league"

[@brandonhunt9388]

Both deserve the same. Myers doesnt get one more just because it happens after the play. You cant give 2 different suspensions for 2 of the exact same plays.

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

3 games each. You can’t just give one 5 and the other 4. At least we know both of them are getting suspended

[@chrismac5560]

@@brandonhunt9388 two different suspensions for the exact same play happens all the time when they take previous suspension history into consideration, like you can't tell me that if either one of those guys were Tom Wilson that they wouldn't get a 6-8 game suspension, so why not take the context of the timing of the incident into consideration as well? Starting a fight while another fight is happening is also penalized harder when really both guys did the exact same thing by fighting an opponent

[@bigLs400]

1:13 CLEAR AS DAY mcdavid falls on garland and you can see garland grab his arm so he cant get up of him, 1:16 you can see mcdavids tries to pull away and get off but garland keeps holding him, 1:18 mcdavid gives him a little love punch to let him go which he finally does, 1:21 garland grabs mcdavid again and continues holding. yeah he didnt need to cross check his head after but garland held him on the ice clear as day he should've got the initial penalty

[@jamesjeffery3873]

Did anyone else see Sherwood collect an oilers stick, i believe Bouchard’s, break it over the boards, then give it the Canucks equipment manager who passed the now broken stick back to the oilers bench? It was awesome.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

LOL. WWE statement. Love it.

[@bensona7089]

Everyone else on the ice has a minor...how about the referees?

[@CaryTam]

Commentary is brutal here. Why is Ferraro only saying Garland should be the one getting 3 penalties? Watch the replay. McDavid falls on him, then pins him down, then punches him. Am I the only one who saw that? Garland was just retaliating to what McDavid did to him.

[@happycanayjian1582]

Garland had his arm pinned under him, dumbass. How stupid can you be? Great reffing….🙄

[@ryan5307]

Garland has McDavids' right arm. Do you really think the best player in the world is like I gotta take tiny little garland out of the play, or we won't get a chance to score, give your head a shake.

[@shonsaunders420]

New NHL rule: If McDavid gets a match penalty, everyone gets two minutes.

[@brandonhunt9388]

3-4 for both McDavid and Myers. The Mcdavid one was brutal. He stares right at garland, not even focused on the play anymore, and cross checks him right in the neck/side of the head. Myers is an idiot aswell. Bouchard definitely said something, but that doesnt warrant a cross check to the chin. Both are idiots. Mcdavid however, is starting to become one of the dirtiest players in the league. And its the leagues fault for letting him push the boundaries. He shouldve been suspended vs the wild, and now this? I would honestly argue 4 for mcdavid, and 3 for myers.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Who pays the NHL's bills? Yea.

[@KashDarby]

I absolutely agree with you

[@Zack-gp9rg]

So mcdavid will get nothing and Myers will get 2 games because NHL is rigged

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

Don’t worry.McDavid got a match penalty. That means he is suspended. That’s the rules of DPS. Any player that has a match penalty is automatically suspended. The only question is how many games?

[@JAYYVOO]

@@Stzu-s2bt55Absolutely not true at all.

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

@@JAYYVOO to you it’s not but for the league and the DOPS it is. Did you hear him say match penalty on McDavid and Myers because from what I’ve heard he said match penalties for both.

[@JAYYVOO]

@@Stzu-s2bt55 Match penalties mean they get kicked out. That is not a 1 game suspension.

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

@@JAYYVOO no game misconducts you are gone for the rest of the game and the they can decide if it should be a suspendable play. If it’s a match penalty they are kicked out of the game but they also get a suspension out of that.

[@carletonrutherford1799]

LOL! The game was basically over. Call all the Garland penalties you want, but it wasn't going to change the score. That was old time hockey. Eddie Shore.

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Yea. Exactly. What's with all the suspend him crying about.

[@xcvbxcvb2179]

Mayers need a ten game suspension for that one. Totally uncalled for.

[@Stzu-s2bt55]

He won’t get 10 over a cross check. Same for McDavid. It should be at least 1 to 3 games each

[@nrXic]

Garland's armbar in the beginning to hold McDavid down is nasty work because you can dislocate someone's shoulder with that.

[@Gid-J]

Could have called a holding penalty for 30 seconds. The refs deserved the cross check to the face.

[@Sjishdkdjdksjjsisjsisbsudh]

As an oilers fan mcdavid deserves suspension but should’ve been penalty on garland way before it escalated. Gg though

[@kirbygates9531]

@Sjishdkdjdksjjsisjsisbsudh there should have been penalties for both of them they were both holding each other come on watch the play they r both at fault when they were kissing laying on the ice

[@o0_VanYsH_0o]

GGs, thanks for being a good sport about it!! Canucks fan here, yeah looking back, Would have called Garland immediately on that. I don't know if that was Mcdavid near the start, but there was definitely an Oiler player holding one of the Nucks down, so there was a bit of back and forth. The hit by Mcdavid was brutal, but I think the one by Myers was even worse. Thankfully it's just one game. Good game Oilers, Y'all scared the sh!t out of me when the Goalie was pulled, I was waiting for a tie. See ya soon when we come to your place!!

[@sargaas1911]

Even if Garland was going to be called for a penalty it would be delayed until the Canucks touched the puck, which they never did, or until something else (McDavid) caused them to blow the whistle

[@kw9377]

Yes there should be a penalty call on garland, but oilers had possession anyways so refs couldn’t blow it dead anyways.. also mcdavid did hold garland down at first and gave him a punch as well

[@dalebaxter5920]

If the ref blows the play dead because Garland is holding McDavid, Edmonton would be upset because they had control of the puck.

[@thomasburnside1381]

I don’t think that’s the problem. Obviously Mcdavid hitting to the head is BAD and he shouldn’t get away with that. But the refs arm ONLY went up after Mcdavid’s cross check, meaning the ref was looking the other way while garland was holding for an insane amount of time. So yeah that sums up the atrocious refereeing from tonight.

[@tonyto1968]

Mcdavid was on top of garland for most of that exchange. Punches him in the head with 12s left. Garland commits a holding/interference penalty with 10s left. Puck is loose and the oilers don’t get possession until 8s left. Even if a ref had his arm up for a garland penalty, and the oilers immediately give the Canucks possession to get a whistle. The Canucks could have just not touched the puck and let the clock run out too. Let’s say the Canucks do take possession, The oilers have what - 6s if they win a draw to try to score 6 on 4? Miller was also owning the oilers in the face off dot. The outcome was likely decided before the exchange between garland and mcdavid.