Anatomy of a Call

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From the stills, Crosby doesn't even look to his right to even realize Straka is there. Also, if look at the first still, the positioning of Marty. He makes a diagonal stride towards the puck carrier and in the path of Crosby. Why? Gomez is already about to meet the puck carrier. There's no need for Straka to make contact with Crosby's while he is skating forward. [link]

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Published 4/26/2008 by Pensblog Staff at The Pensblog
... From [Going Five Hole] this is all that needs to be seen. A breakdown of the the penalty against Martin Straka ...

Game 2: Pens v Rangers (W 2-0)
Published 4/27/2008 by snoopyjode at The Sidney Crosby Show
... In addition to booing Jagr, the fans at the Mellon today were booing Straka, no doubt in response to the fit he threw at Friday's game after getting penalized for interfering with Sid then calling Sid a diver. Speaking of that, Sean Leahy of Going Five Hole has taken the video of the incident and broken it down frame by frame to give CONCLUSIVE PROOF not only that Straka did in fact interfere with Sidney, but that Sid didn't even see him coming to plan for an embellishment. Remember that Sid just fell down briefly and popped back up to his feet. He had planned on continuing the ...

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