SportsCentre Top 10 Controversial Hockey Moments

[@zachbrierley776]

I wish sportscentre was still like this

[@jadenbenson9880]

For real. I clicked on this video thinking it was gonna be just be another KZbin top 10, but then I got a sudden blast back to my childhood watching Sports Center every morning before school while eating breakfast.

[@tybg-]

Jaden Benson Ly bb

[@Dr.Acula76]

So does Bruce Jenner

[@carlosanaya4149]

Seriously. They should’ve never left ESPN.

[@SethMacLeod95]

@@jadenbenson9880 😭 great times

[@john-michaelfranco4694]

I see these videos and think "damn, these are old. Look at the grainy footage". Then I see names like Malkin Briere Bryzgalov and realize I'm not 9 anymore.

[@meme-ls2gl]

John-Michael Franco damn that hits different

[@raran44]

John-Michael Franco I’m only 27 and you made me feel like I’m someone’s grandfather.

[@taunokekkonen5733]

I've always thought that the grainy footage is essential for NHL. Today's 4k just doesn't seem to feel right.

[@johnnolan33177]

Whats this kid 15 now?

[@iamnhdrummer0833]

Gretzky is overrated never that good if anything he was ahead of his time and had an AMAZING mind for the game but played in a time with very unskilled players and goaltenders all around. Even he says it. Selanne has said it best in interviews talking about how the game changed from when he himself started to end. He really really said guys weren't skilled you had maybe 3 or 4 guys on a team that were actually skilled and could play in todays game.

[@Kreege]

Fun fact for any gamers: Brett Hull's "Foot in the Crease" goal happened on the same day of the very first version of Counter-Strike was publicly released

[@tristenjoel8396]

InstaBlaster

[@kirkjordan8718]

Counter-Strike ruined my life. Thanks Valve!

[@tylergruen9948]

Wha?!?!?!? Hahaha no way. I’m a huge hockey fan and to this day, still play cs

[@bobnewton1064]

@@tristenjoel8396 at least something good happened that day hahah

[@beau6113]

I had no idea my two favorite things were linked in this way! I was obsessed with the Stars when they won, still obsessed with hockey and CS!

[@jimritzheimer7465]

Leaving Gretzky out of the shootout was just like the Seahawks not giving Marshawn Lynch the ball on the one-yard line in the Super Bowl

[@shanefaulkner8586]

He didn't want to shoot.

[@jimritzheimer7465]

@shane faulkner It's kind of hard to be the all time goal scorer without shooting the Puck

[@Cravanicus]

I’d argue not giving Marshawn, who was unstoppable that season, the ball was way more egregiously awful. The Lombardi trophy was right there and they tried getting cute despite having a freight train in the backfield.

[@eddriver7815]

CRAWFURD SHOULD BEVER BE ALLOWED BEHIND A BENCH AGAIN ,, ........... AND WE BET GRETZKY , AS POWERFULL AS HE IS ... MADE THAT HAPPEN !

[@davekearney1944]

​@@Cravanicus It's an unpopular opinion, but I was always with Pete on that play call. He had a good reason to do it. It just didn't work out. Pete also really doesn't care if I'm with him not, I suspect..

[@jeremyletourneau9647]

We had 10 controversial calls alone in the 2019 playoffs

[@kaelaaron9074]

true

[@raran44]

Christ, there were 10 in the VGK-SJ series alone.

[@hudersonn3929]

Karlsonn hand pass 🥴🥴

[@avadakedavra69]

@@hudersonn3929 Makes me even happier that we whooped on those Shark asses. Get Jumbo Jackass into an old folks home he done.

[@pullt]

There's 10 in every playoffs

[@StonedSpagooter]

I love how he says he had no choice but to call it no goal then goes on to say he never worked a playoff game again that year lmao

[@raimarulightning]

Exactly, lol.

[@MegaVstromer]

I sure liked when ESPN did Hockey back then... Gary Thorne, and Bill Clement on the calls.

[@jcost0099]

yeah, agreed. The clowns doing it now make my ears nauseous.

[@jeffcabral8077]

Gary Thorne was the best! Nobody built excitement like him. Doc Emrich is good but Thorne was on whole different level.

[@Jelsick]

jcost0099 I stopped watching Espin because of that. Clowns is an apt description.

[@robertwoolley5486]

Gary Thorne was the voice of the NHL for me. Started with Bob Miller of LA then I started to watch more national games on the “Deuce” ESPN 2. Hard to not get your adrenaline up after he yelled goal. Bonus: anyone remember Clement, Clement hands of Cement commercial?

[@georgial6398]

This was before the NHL became like most mainstream channels entirely about promoting black males to white women and hiding any positive masculine and/or cool white males from pop culture.

[@lucpare2862]

I remember that pens flyers series. The goalies forgot how to goalie

[@southbeachtalent]

Lol no doubt. Fleury and Bryzgalov were allergic to the puck!

[@johnnolan33177]

@@southbeachtalent Then Bryz becomes Hasek

[@RefurbishedPrototype]

1995 will always be 10 years ago to me.

[@celticstephenhill]

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky 😂

[@tiffanyhilgendorf3356]

-micheal Scott

[@lolroflmaobbq]

I almost forgot that ESPN used to be a sports channel.

[@Mevenda1]

They are, but sadly not for hockey.

[@fernmccreary2729]

@Tom Smith it’s important to remember the importance of transsexuals of color when watching sports

[@T00Nyce17]

@@fernmccreary2729 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@michaeldavidson6955]

RIP Montador, one of my favourite fellas from that run

[@edwardbrowne918]

Kerry: i looked away. *looking DIRECTLY at the high stick*

[@Dennis-nm1jm]

He didn't want to Kings to lose Gretzky in the last couple minutes of the game. Should have been a 5 minute major penalty. If any other player had done that it would have been called.

[@Thatcanadianfucktard]

Love how often the ticker blocks the replay fuck

[@krusher167]

Annoying as shit

[@SubPablum]

Kinda like what's the point?

[@beefnigs5849]

Kerry Fraiser has made some of the worst calls ever

[@gregg4164]

Yeah he would call anything and everything against the Flyers. Like a team or not as an professional referee you just can not play favorites. The minute a league of any type see's this in it's officials they should be removed. That crap has been running wild in the NFL for years too and these clowns have ruined the game.

[@bogiedust]

That would come from being one of the most respected refs in the game, and being in the position to have to make more difficult calls than anyone else.

[@jasonvoorheesthethird]

Stephane Auger made much much worst calls, and he did it throughout his career!

[@chrisp2876]

Between him and Don Koharski it was hard to tell who was worse. And what was the deal with that hair? I have seen him trip, go down in a heap, but never did it move a single hair on his head out of place. It protected his head better than any helmet.

[@Wbl17]

bogiedust HaHaHa. He most certainly wasn’t the most respected ref. No one wanted him to ref their games

[@pomerlain8924]

Alexei Kovalev needed to be in a Broadway play with the dive he put on in that 95 series. He went down like he got shot.

[@bestcommentator_]

If we stay inside the hockey terms he felt down like he was hit by a player who held the stick like a baseball bat and he hit him like a pitcher with all the power he had, so Kovalev kidneys & liver went flying from his body immediately 😁, that's why he felt almost dead + 90% of the body were paralyzed it seemed watching it live🤯🤦‍♂️. Now I know an actor who didn't get his well deserved Oskar!🤣

[@MrYouarethecancer]

A better question is why did you let Brett Hull in your crease with no defenders around in the first place.

[@OneEyedKeys]

That Kovalev dive was sinister. Quebec had a great team and could have beaten the Rangers that series. Would have changed the whole playoffs that year and made a big impact in hockey history. Who knows, maybe Quebec would have won it and stayed in Canada.

[@carlosanaya4149]

Took a page out of Cindy before Cindy arrived. Lol

[@Mo_Taser]

Kovaelv was a POS with a history of faking injuries. In 1994 against the Canucks in game 5 he faked an injury and got the Rangers a 5 minute powerplay. He miraculously recovered and started on the powerplay.

[@OneEyedKeys]

@@carlosanaya4149 Nah, the two are drastically different.

[@jetspope]

Well said

[@SPENCERH30]

​@@carlosanaya4149sounds like an angry caps or flyers fan

[@patton303]

The Kovalev dive was what it was. You saw it. The worst dive in NHL playoff history. Selfishly, if the Nords had gone on to win the cup, I doubt they’d have left Quebec. So consequently, we had a hockey team dropped in our laps here in Denver and they won the cup that same year. People here barely knew the names of the players. Lol. But it was great. Thank you Kovalev. Go Avalanche!

[@chrisdavidson8925]

Both Calgary goals were in!

[@sabineschroeder8949]

right!!!!!

[@coledailey4280]

I think Kerry Fraser was in the wrong line of work Also, that goal where the Jets player throws it in... like how did that not get called? That's not even a tough one

[@roguishpaladin]

Cole I'll be honest - to me, it looked like he dropped the puck in the crease and the goalie knocked it in, which by the rules of hand contact back then would've been legal.

[@fordprefect4728]

@@roguishpaladin just like the announcers says in the video he closed his hand on the puck, thats a penalty.

[@jacklegg21]

roguishpaladin the play should have been ruled dead when the Jets player closed his hand on the puck and then skated with it. You can’t do that.

[@tchevrier]

@@roguishpaladin are you forgetting about the part where he grabs the puck behind the net along the glass, skates about 10 feet, bodychecks the goalie while still holding the puck, reaches around the goal post and drops it? I was a Jets season ticket holder that year and couldn't believe that call was made.

[@bruhmoment8438]

roguishpaladin but like, he skated to the crease after checking the goalie, and dropped it in. And like, he was just holding the puck

[@davidnavratil5349]

Nagano 1998 was a big thing here in Czech republic and still is considered to be the greatest success in ice hockey since the break up of Czechoslovakia. I was watching the CZE-CAN match as a small child and already then I remember I knew Gretzky was someone special and the surprise of commentators that Gretzky is not going to have a go.

[@carlosanaya4149]

But he was towards the End of his career.

[@grantgibbons1]

@@carlosanaya4149 They blew it, they had the Greatest player of all time, and chose to send out a defensman in the shootout instead. We will never know if Gretzky would have scored, but we do know that none of the 5 shooters that they did throw out did.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Czech Republic was just a Monster back then...Jagr would have made them competitive...but Hejduk, Elias, Sykora, ect? And getting to choose between Hasek and Vokoun in Goal? That's a Rage Quit Roster.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

​@@carlosanaya4149 Shooting and Trick stuff is the last thing to go with Age. He lost a step in game action (and was still better than average), but he didn't lose his shot of puck handles.

[@laughingbeast4481]

​​​@@justinlast2lastharder749 You confuse it with 2002 Czech team. Only Hašek, Jágr and Hejduk were in Nagano. And young Hejduk was unknown to N. American fans, still playing in Czech league. In fact,half of team played in Europe. That 's why they were underdogs.

[@JustMe-ld2cu]

8:40 Tony freaking Danza 😂

[@cygnustsp]

I miss mid to late 80s hockey so much, that and early internet, what a great time to be a teenager

[@christiantaillon2930]

It was in absolutely. 2004 was Calgary's year

[@lAmCanad1an]

6:55 Well Kerry, you deserved that. You thought you were bigger than Hockey itself, your ego got you dropped.

[@LeMAD22]

?? It was clearly the right call though...

[@daveberswick5372]

You blew alot of them.

[@TheChronicFiend]

Hahaha fraser fanboys are as funny as lolcows

[@TheHilltopPillbox]

Nordiques got screwed a lot. I was at that Jets game where they threw the puck in the net. I was behind the net, up about 20 rows. My buddy was convinced it was a good goal (rabid Jets fan), and I'm thinking they're gonna call it back and give a penalty for D.O.G. Nope.

[@JeremiahNuddFilms]

As a Flames fan I still get depressed to this day about that missed call

[@FrankTheTank7575]

That was no missed call. That was a hatchet job by Gary Buttman.

[@DizzyDez613]

Kovalev dropping like he took a 12 gauge to the back. Always a classic.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Losing vs. Czechs didn't happen just because Gretzky was benched for the shootout, it happened because Hasek was in the opposing net all game long! Let's not forget that Hasek is the goalie equivalent of Gretzky; the stats of both are next-level untouchable.

[@OhHesCracked]

Weird considering both Brodeur and Roy were better Lmfao

[@bobjones3069]

​@snowleopard1054 funny joke. But not even close. Marty isn't even top 5.

[@jonahginter9558]

@@OhHesCracked dude marty and dom played each other the game ended in 1-0 zero ot win for the sabers because marty cracked first Roy let in 9 goals when he played with canadiens

[@SLproductions1000]

I never saw this before!! Thanks bud!

[@Dr.Acula76]

I remember exactly where I was when Brett Hull scored that goal. I also remember being pissed and I'm not a fan of either team

[@acreageliving]

pissed why?

[@Dr.Acula76]

Because all season long the rule said if any part of the goal scorers skate touches the crease it's no goal. That's how they called it all season until the cup winning goal

[@Dr.Acula76]

@bilodef66 yeah me too. I really didn't care who won but what a shitty way to end a season

[@webleypug]

I watched that last game between Detroit & Montreal in 1966. My Dad & I were Gordie Howe & Detroit Red Wings fans. (My Dad was a good man, but he kept his cards close to his chest & wasn't always demonstrably emotional. Howe & the Wings were our meeting point, where the playing field was level between us & we were comfortable with each other). Detroit had won the first two games, but Montreal came back & won the last game in OT. It was a lousy "goal", & it broke my heart. Over the years, Dad & I would occasionally talk about that game. I'm still mad about it!

[@DeliciousNavy]

You must be 700 years old

[@webleypug]

@@DeliciousNavy Close

[@howie9751]

So what happened?

[@webleypug]

@@howie9751 Montreal won the series 4 games to 2. I've been pouting about it ever since.

[@howie9751]

@@webleypug I meant with the goal.

[@leafyrivers1]

Kerry Fraiser was one of the worst officials in the history of hockey. I saw him in the AHL and he did not get better with age

[@jtshark8815]

Kerry Fraser proves again why HE WAS A BAD REF--is was a bad call-he always put himself first. 9 out of 10 times that goal would stand

[@johnnyeaton]

I can't imagine peak Hasek being beaten by late-stage Gretzky. I can imagine him being beaten by late-stage Datsyuk, but that's a very different matchup.

[@axe2grind244]

As any NHL player ever will tell you the scariest thought you can fathom is peak Hasek.

[@richlewis1879]

The Gretzky one is like not having Michael Jordan shoot a technical foul with no time left

[@bigsteed007]

Still don’t get why people think the Hull goal shouldn’t have counted.

[@clamboni9]

Because according to the rules, and the way every single similar play was ruled throughout that season, it was not a legally scored goal. Obviously his toe being in the crease had no bearing on whether he was going to score, but according to the rules, no goal.

[@DFWGrapher]

The NHL released a memo to teams on March 3, 1999 that delineated 10 scenarios and how they would be called to add clarification to what once was a hard-and-fast rule that if you were in the crease before the puck that a goal would be disallowed. The scenario detailed in Section 9 of the memo stated "An attacking player maintains control of the puck but skates into the crease before the puck enters the crease and shoots the puck into the net. RESULT: Goal is allowed. The offside rule rationale applies." Section 10's scenario stated "Attacking player takes a shot on net and after doing so, skates into the crease. The initial shot deflects outside the crease. The original attacking player, still in the crease, recovers the puck, which is now outside the crease, and scores. RESULT: Goal is disallowed. The attacking player did not maintain control of the puck." If the kick is considered possession, then it is a goal. But if a kick is not possession, then he regained possession while his skate is in the crease, therefore it should not be a goal. The memo was put together to eliminate gray areas and all it did was create one on the biggest goal of the year. Essentially, it was a judgment call by the league, and since A. there was no announcement of a review and B. the celebration was already on, there was no real way to pick anything but the call of a goal.

[@bigsteed007]

clamboni9, well I didn’t know about any memo changing any rules for that year. All I knew was that a player with control of the puck is allowed in the crease and if you want to split hairs, you can see at 21:51 of this video that Hulls feet are outside of the crease while he is kicking the puck to his stick (a controlled move), his left foot enters the crease as he’s shooting the puck (also a controlled move). It’s a good goal.

[@Cuteguyfl]

It was still only game 6 and the Sabres would have still have had to find a way to score the Game-winning goal and then have to somehow win in Dallas in game 7. And the better more talented team, the Dallas Stars, won! Also, it was a stupid rule as well. And no not a Stars fan.

[@buckybuttface7401]

Great post!

[@vincentaldazabal4488]

Not sure when this list came out. But the no call on the boarding by the kings on the devils in the 2012 finals led to only a 5minute major against Bernier in the opposite end. Had the correct 5 min major boarding at center been called, the two would’ve cancelled each other out and the game could’ve been much closer.

[@Timbo_Slice]

This episode was May 25, 2013, based on the scores/games on the bottom ticker

[@ryfiore]

The inconsistency of the refs in the NHL is absolutely unacceptable

[@tappyoklahoma]

thats incorrect, because it is accepted daily, every year, except for lockouts.

[@billycausgrove9657]

Not as bad as the NFL & NBA though.

[@seanpassmore6192]

Says the person who's never reffed a game in their life

[@dannydevito2989]

You can add the Colton Sissons game 6 goal on here

[@criminalrappergreasygod8886]

Since moving to streaming services vs regular tv I have to say this is the only show I miss.

[@CraigKelley1]

Still happening in every game. Sad.. missing high sticking, trips, etc and it costs teams goals and games.

[@ravifan1]

As a Penguins fan, I'm glad the Briere goal happened. It led to the incredibly necessary rule change.

[@blarmy827]

11:39 “pocket rocket?” Lol I’m hoping that meant something different back then! 😂

[@MinoGozzo]

Pocket Rocket was the nickname of Henri Richard because he was Maurice "Rocket" Richard's little brother

[@JW-xj1yf]

Yes unfortunately people were not as "sophisticated" as we are now, if sophisticated means vulgar.

[@blarmy827]

Eddie Coyle not sure why you brought up sophisticated in quotations ? Was that quoted somewhere? Definitely not from me, and humans have been vulgar for a very very long time. It’s more widely expressed and accessible with technology advances of the times...but okay sure 👍

[@blarmy827]

Mino Gozzo thank you for that info!! Totally makes sense now and I definitely did not know that!

[@CodyChromeBand]

Alycia Wilson well done

[@Cavallero]

....also, no one can complain about a foot in the crease when so many if not a majority of goals are scored as such.

[@AaronJFriesen]

18:46 - "It hit a Jet player", the announcer says. I wasn't aware that the puck had to not hit an offensive player for the goal to count. 19:28 - I think the linesman is signalling no offside rather than no goal (but how long does he have to hold the signal?).

[@Jahoragin94]

Kerry Fraiser: "People got in my vision" Also Kerry Fraiser: 15:30 I'm pretty sure that's a straight, unobstructed line between him and the contact, lol. Yikes

[@jasonrekker4328]

Yeah how can you miss Gretzky's high stick on Gilmour? Oh wait, SportsCentre editors did...doesn't even show the infraction in this edition.

[@michaelkrolewski6531]

Even in those days, would they have even allowed an all Canadian Stanley Cup Final?

[@colepaliwoda]

It did in the last shot

[@OCKev]

I was at that game, and I didn't see it from the upper level with everybody standing, so obviously it didn't happen!

[@ratedrsuperstar1148]

Rumour has it that Gilmour cut himself shaving before the game and picked the scab on the way down.

[@StewNWT]

No kidding. I watched the video a dozen times and couldn't see it

[@thecollector893]

interesting vid. thanks for sharing

[@hugolalumiere9992]

I say thank you for video replay and the challenge. All of those plays that coulda, shoulda, woulda. It needed to be done, no referee is perfect.

[@cygnustsp]

I was at Loughran's on main st in Amherst ny and immediately said "his skate was in the crease" nobody else seemed to know what happened.. eventually i came to realize it was a good goal but people here still say no goal

[@Margann1987]

Steve Montador was not a forward.... RIP

[@draccodare3262]

Most interesting moments for me: Throwing the puck into the net (allowed goal) and frozen clock at 1.8 remaining in Blue jackets - Kings game..

[@michaelvandeginste3497]

In the 1998 offseason, the rule on video replay was changed. It used to be that it was only up to the ref to call for a review on a goal. That got expanded to allow the review booth to call for one, as well. This rule changed after Kerry Fraser refused to review a goal in a crucial Game 5 between Dallas and San Jose in the first round of the '98 playoffs. The game-winning goal was scored by Dallas while one of their players (Jamie Langenbrunner) was in the crease and practically sitting in Mike Vernon's lap. It was blatantly obvious goaltender interference and the Shark players were screaming at Fraser immediately after the puck went in and he just skated away, refusing to review it. The Sharks then lost the series, two nights later. The subsequent rule change was nicknamed the "Kerry Fraser Rule".

[@ronaldramo3]

Wow Kerry Frasier was a garbage ref.

[@munkustrap2]

​@@ronaldramo3 Every fan of hockey should be glad the pos is retired.

[@squirrelydan3]

Why WOULDN'T you let it get reviewed? At the very least, you can pass off some of the blame if they still get it wrong.

[@michaelvandeginste3497]

@@squirrelydan3 who's to say? Refs do aggravating things all the time. He must've been convinced that Langenbrunner either wasn't actually in the crease or didn't have an effect on the play.

[@SteveEazy]

And people say sports ain't fixed 😂

[@jaylipinski1443]

Kerry Fraser, always wanted to be bigger than the game.

[@lakeeriesailor2852]

well he earned a Stanley cup ring for Montreal's victory in 1986, since he certainly helped them.

[@wade5307]

Although #1 and #2 were in the finals, I think the Gretzky high stick on Gilmour is the most controversial call in the league’s history. It was the Stanley Cup’s 100th year and it was oh so close to the dream final of Toronto vs Montreal. Kerry Fraser will never be forgiven by some Leaf fans. I’ve seen that play numerous times and I can’t figure out how nobody “saw” it. There are conspiracy theories all over this call too, like the league wanted Gretzky’s Kings in the final etc.

[@camberweller]

The Leafs are maddening team their fan base is even more maddening. But in the 50+ years that I have been watching hockey I don’t think I have ever seen a “big game” controversial call go in their favor. Ever. It has always gone to the other team. In the past few years there have been some decidedly odd ones in the playoffs.

[@dmatthews7423]

Fraser has to be the most infamous NHL ref of all time. I still remember this to this day: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6SqmoibbrJjbac

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

The problem is, the Non Call made no difference. It wasn't like they called a phantom penalty or anything...something got missed in the playoffs where the whistles are supposed to be put away. I'd say conspiracy if they had given the Kings a Penalty...but no calls happen all the time.

[@tannermetcalfe4263]

@@justinlast2lastharder749 ???? How can you say that a non-call has no effect on the game??? It was 3-2 in the series for the Leafs, in OT of game 6. A high stick that drew blood was an automatic major penalty and game misconduct in 1993. So if called correctly it would have been a 5-minute penalty in OT for the Leafs to win the series with Gretzky out of the game. But nope! Gretzky then scores seconds later to win in OT. Remind me again how the non-call made no difference?

[@nates5703]

How did they think Gilmour got cut?!

[@jkappianaq]

First video of Daniel Briere from there on NHL starts using video (coaching challenge) which is good.

[@iron60bitch62]

There was a little message or notation sent out to all the teams that being in the crease had to also include interfering with the goaltender so that was a very small rule change the GM’s in the coaches know about it but a lot of the players didn’t

[@boblawblaw6875]

Even today with 2 refs and all the replay technology, there seems to be more controversial moments than ever before

[@flupbert3002]

The Breire goal would been called offside today with Coaches Challenge or if the NHL have smarter refs.

[@IsaacLudu]

Flupbert "smarter refs" 😂😂😂

[@alexaresi6883]

well. it was the Flyers, and they suck

[@dylancheatham9578]

RONALDO SMIFF JENKINS , EA sports refs are internally wired to the game and are even susceptible to the User changing frequency of calls. So you're statement seems about as redundant as it could possibly be

[@thehockeyfan8888]

The NHL has the best officials in the game of hockey

[@darthollpheist1156]

Yeah but it actually evened it up. The Pens had scored their 2nd or 3rd goal (I forget) on a blown icing. The Pens iced it, the Flyers got there, for some reason the linesman decided after the icing to not blow the whistle which caused a crazy scramble for the Flyers and the Pens scored on it. So it was just Karma/The Hockey Gods/God/whatever, evening it up. So it was offsides, but it was just. Besides, the Flyers destroyed the Pens in that series.

[@DARK24-7]

No whistle in that Que Nords game-they got screwed!!!

[@thelonias1814]

Is it me. Or were those best of the rest moments better than the actual list?

[@mattymag2394]

That jets goal is pure gold. I'm surprised we didnt see the goalie who leaves his stick across the crease when he was pulled. They changed the rules because of it. Or the defenceman in net for shootouts. Again, changed the rulebook for it.

[@Rowgue51]

Yeah the honorable mentions were almost all more controversial than any on the actual list. How the one scored against the blackhawks isn't #1 is nonsense. The guy literally grabs the puck in his hand skates all the way around to the other side of the net and tosses the puck in, and everyone in the stadium including the refs saw it.

[@rogerskitt1542]

@@Rowgue51 came to the comments to either say this or agree with someone. Agreed lmao

[@gymguy25]

The ones that made the list were more controversial because they happened in bigger games, like Stanley Cup clinching games, Olympics semis, series deciding games, etc.

[@DeckardWhite]

R.I.P. Steve Montador

[@NerolNiethsreg]

8:10 the poor equipment manager for Calgary got gripped up by Terry Crisp he had no idea hat the hell was going on.

[@lakeeriesailor2852]

6:15 goalie interference by a guy on his own team, means the call is bogus!!

[@petrpumpkineater]

remember Kovalev w Habs embellishing a slash and the Bruins score. That guy was a Greg Louganis level diver

[@shanehallam9966]

Gretzky had too much power over the league.

[@joshuaneal7552]

fuck Gretzky

[@johnnolan33177]

Defenseman kicks own goalie and he penalized offense Kerry Fraser, "The right call was to disallow the goal and I did"

[@yougotmycheezewizboy]

The real controversy is why is there a shootout in the Olympics semi finals

[@masqerader]

The Calgary goal was clearly in

[@playertwoseventwooneegit9526]

Yep

[@tybg-]

Drew H yup

[@sabineschroeder8949]

they should have won no doubt

[@seamor5657]

If you watch the computer recreation it presents why the league disallowed the goal.

[@sabineschroeder8949]

@@seamor5657 haha thanks

[@peteandrepete528]

Kovalev must have learned how to dive from a soccer player.

[@ethel1690cardew]

He is Russian they fake better than most

[@fordprefect4728]

he did this same crap in montreal.

[@africaRBG]

That was a serious dive. U can take european out of europe...

[@marktoken6052]

That was quite a rap he took across the back, though. Maybe I can whack your backs and see how you couch hockey players hold up afterwards.

[@fg8512]

Kovalev had a history of faking injuries... It all caught up to him in the 2004 playoffs.. look it up!

[@tannertrabbish1022]

Kerry Fraser has to be the worst ref of all time

[@Tylerboyd2001]

Tanner Trabbish he was. He was just an asshole that the only thing he cared about was how good his hair looked

[@seamusbelisle5425]

Tanner Trabbish no... he was a great ref, prolly the only ref you can name fit obvious reasons

[@elcunado2926]

Tanner Trabbish he says people got in his vision....there's no one fucking in between you

[@Hockey17bruins]

Kerry Fraser is in the hall of fame and is widely regarded as the best official of all time. One call doesn't change that. You're out of your mind.

[@dylanfrederiks4919]

he was in 2 of the top 10, wasnt only 1 incident. The NHL even dropped him for the post season because his reffing was so bad

[@dereklasker5350]

My dad was at the Sabres-Stars game

[@tomgenerazio]

Frasers haircut ruined the league ..

[@bobtrame327]

What about the infamous San Jose hand pass in game 6 of the conference finals against St. Louis ? That one was a pretty bad missed call too

[@andrewcamarato472]

That was Game 3. It was a horrible miss-call. Brutal. However, the Blues won games 4,5,& 6 to win the series.... so that made it less painful for us Blues fans. Oh, and the Cup.

[@notoriouseagle1074]

@@andrewcamarato472 Should've been the Bruins. Refs were awful in that series.

[@cicholdebannan]

The thing no one ever talks about with the Briere controversy is that earlier that very game, one of the Penguins goals came directly off of a blown wave-off of icing. So both teams benefited from bad non-calls so it's effectively a wash.

[@chrism7574]

I never liked that crease rule anyways, if you're not affecting the goaltender, there's no issue. The point of rules like that is to ensure that a player cannot effect the ability of the goaltender in in an illegal way. Hull wasn't touching the goalie, wasn't affecting the goalie in anyway, in fact, if you backed him up 5 feet, he'd still score the goal the same way. Good goal.

[@buffalojoeinchico9109]

thats why its #1. by the rules, at that moment, it was in fact a good goal. the controversy is the concept of having a rule that everyone has to adapt their game to follow...and then right before the playoffs quietly change it. im not sure that even with a review, it would have been disallowed. even if it was, im not sure the sabres would have forced a game 7. even if they did, im not sure that they would have won game 7...but to lose that way felt cheap.

[@dagrcards3075]

I love seeing Brooks Orpik looking at Briere lol

[@drewpeacock8136]

How about the Ducks in this years Stanley Cup? The reffing with the Flames and the Oilers was a joke...

[@byCaseio]

At least you werent fucked by a blind ass ref that "couldnt see teh puck" as it slid past Murray.

[@thelumpenproletariat6393]

That "good goal" in game 6 of the Anaheim/Oilers series still stands as the most corrupt officiating the NHL has ever been guilty of....

[@ContinentsCondiments]

I wanna say something. I've always hated Kerry Fraser. I always thought he called games terribly and pulled the eye of the ppl watching to himself. But he's one of the only ones to have to cojones to go on TV and say "I was right" about the Alain Côté goal and "I was wrong" about the Gretzky/Gilmour call. And I admire him for that.

[@ryanlerman4401]

me too

[@davrogrz4542]

👍🇨🇦👍

[@camberweller]

Kerry Fraser’s biggest problem as a referee was that very, very, far too frequently he would suddenly decide that the game wasn’t about the players and it was about him. He would start calling things just to be the centre of attention and provocative, it seemed. Even his skating style changed, to more arrogant and swagger-y.

[@bobbilly5960]

When i saw Fraser at an airport, i called him a piece of sht to his face for not calling the high stick on 99. It wasn't a missed call. He purposely didnt call a penalty because it would've took him out for the rest of the game.

[@bobbilly5960]

When i saw Fraser at an airport, i called him a piece of sht to his face for not calling the high stick on 99. It wasn't a missed call. He purposely didnt call a penalty because it would've took him out for the rest of the game.

[@brettratell165]

#1 was a topic not talked about in the Red Wings dressing room when Hasek and Hull were both on the team.

[@charliebrown8180]

Brett Ratell o

[@brandonf24]

19:12 that one offsides goal from Duchene, a future Predator himself, gave the Preds Seth Jones and then Ryan Johansen thereafter.

[@monesjones8431]

I miss this era so much. Now we have expansion teams winning the Cup after 5 years.

[@roberdanger]

Correction. We have gary Bettman winning expansion teams the cup. Edit: you know marchessault and Smith both were taken from Florida for Vegas... you know what they got in return. A 4th round pick... lmfao

[@MultiJustNICK]

Briere was pretty offside lol damn

[@NerolNiethsreg]

No he wasn't because it wasn't called. Therefore he wasn't offside

[@fortniteboss6958]

NerolNiethsreg that’s not how it works

[@user-og5ef5vc7i]

Epic Man actually is.

[@Hawkschamp2010]

Look at the replay and it shows the correct call *pivotal shot is covered by the scores at the bottom of the screen.

[@samc1568]

The chicago and jets one was too good.

[@pissedoffstarsfan350]

Would Colton Sissons's goal in game 6 of the 2017 Cup Final make this list if they redid this list? lol

[@leletill]

and PK's goal in game 1

[@Fater4511]

you blow the whistle plays dead. play offsides=no goal.

[@southbeachtalent]

The Rangers got so much love from the officials in the mid 90's

[@greggoldman3095]

Especially 94

[@connor_fitzpatrick]

When Dallas beat Buffalo,I was happy but I love Hasek

[@USAF-mt1tu]

You spelled Cheated wrong.

[@marios2150]

It's 2023 and the Hull play is still under review...

[@Yokes27]

Kerry Fraser farted and just was trying to keep it away from that head of hair

[@Krokodilius]

LOL if only they had dropped fraser from the 93 playoffs, too.

[@kyleengleson2554]

The flames one in 04 still stings.

[@cygnustsp]

1980 the first year i really started paying attention to nhl hockey

[@chr970]

Kovalev. Lol. Soccer player mentality, and he did this while playing for Montreal too.

[@paul1x1]

As Canadians we used to whine a hell of a lot less in the old days

[@popgunandy]

I sat behind the goal for that Kings/Flames game...the most intense game I’ve ever seen in any sport.

[@dirty.dan37]

9:43 I was born after this game, so quick question is Gord being biased or was it actually a terrible game?