Wow, that must have been exciting dozens of fans at that game.

Hahahaha hohohoho, DOZENS! Yup, there was only 1266 dozen people people there.

lets not forget the 10s of fans watching at home

holy fuck... he de-skated him!

Nice.

If they allowed this, i'm watching more of this Hoc-key....

I am now a hockey fan after watching that clip.

the ref clearly wasn't versed in the rules either

Rule 57.1: If, in the opinion of the referee, a player makes contact with the puck first and subsequently trips the opponent in so doing, no penalty shall be assessed.

he botched the call

Mike, the key phrase in 57.1 is "in the opinion of the referee". That gives the ref some discretion for incidental contact. In this case, Hasek charged for Gaborik's feet. It didn't matter to the ref if, technically, Hasek touched the puck first. Gaborik had nowhere to go but straight into Hasek. The refs will call that every time. They also take a dim view toward goalies making contact that far out of their crease.

That said, I don't blame Hasek for trying to protect his shut-out. The Wings are excellent penalty killers, so the trip was safer than a Gaborik breakaway.

BTW, I can't see the video at work. Is it from the homerific FSN Detroit feed I saw on NHL Network?

it was a good call. if you're chasing a guy from behind, dive, knock the puck away, then clip his feet, it's no penalty. the intent is to play the puck.

in this case, hasek isn't making a play on the puck as much as he's trying to take gaborik's legs out. totally worth two minutes, though.

WHY THE FUCK ARE WE DEBATING A HOCKEY CALL? Damn it's a slow day.

FYI... Gaborik had it coming... :)