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The Holmstrom incident
Published 5/15/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... (or, as I like to call him, Chairman Mao) was in the building, and as the Globe and Mail's Eric Duhatschek reveals, he was eyeing Red Wings coach Mike Babcock when "Babs" took the dais at his post-game press conference. Babcock didn't flinch: May 15, Globe and Mail : "What do you want me to say?" Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "The guy's not in the paint? The guy's out of the paint. That was a reputation call totally. It's disappointing. "The way I look at it is this: In the league, there's lots that goes on, on the ice. Sometimes a guy gets tripped and you miss it. Some ...

NHL playoff officiating, now bringing up the rear
Published 5/15/2008 at Puck Daddy
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly were apparently in the room last night when Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock discussed Pavel Datsyuk's disallowed goal in Game 4 of his team's series against the Dallas Stars. Did they stifle a laugh when a professional hockey coach, and a grown man, had to explain to the assembled media that the referee claimed Tomas Holmstrom's "butt was in the blue," before concluding, "Well, it clearly wasn't in the blue?" Or were they silently observing the press ...