McKenzie: Holmstrom a victim of reputation in Game 4

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McKenzie summarizes the media's take on Holmstrom no-goal
Published 5/15/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... to the Dallas Stars: May 15, TSN : The Dallas Stars were victimized earlier in their series with the Red Wings when Tomas Holmstrom was practically sitting in Marty Turco's lap when the Wings scored in Game 1. Well, the hockey gods evened everything out in the end as the Wings had a goal disallowed in Game 4 for goaltender interference. In the instance from Game 4, the Wings were victimized by the shift previous to the no-goal call. Holmstrom makes contact with Turco and the puck almost goes in. You've got to believe that the referees noticed the contact and started to think ...

Morning Line
Published 5/15/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
from Bob McKenzie of TSN, Contact with a goaltender is not under the criteria for a review; however if you are going to use video review to decide something as subjective as a goal being scored with a high stick, than this should be a no-brainer. If a player is standing in front of the net it is much more clear-cut from the overhead view to see if there was contact or not with the goaltender. The NHL either needs to include interference in the criteria of goal review or get rid of the review of goals scored with a high stick.

News You Can Use
Published 5/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (kanadienkyle) at Illegal Curve
Despite a last minute comeback, the US loses to Finland in OT. Bob McKenzie notes that the hockey gods gave one back to Dallas. Memorial Cup history, 1946 and 1947. The proposal to play an outdoor game at Yankee Stadium has hit a snag. Stan Fischler dishes out heaps of gossip and news in his weekly column. ...

NHL playoff officiating, now bringing up the rear
Published 5/15/2008 at Puck Daddy
... typically even out power play opportunities, as well as bad calls. Marty Turco pretty much said that the Holmstrom call in Game 4 was a make-up for the lack of a call in Game 1 when Holmstrom was in Turco's lap and scored a goal. "Between the one in the first game that was allowed, and the one tonight ... probably trade the two, and the series would be different," Turco said. Bob McKenzie of TSN raised the idea of using replay to figure out these goalie interference messes: Contact ...