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2014 Four Nations Cup

D2D said:
Officiating was very poor. I counted four very obvious 3rd period infractions on Canada that were not called, then when Knight got physical of course they call her. Oh well....
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Agreed officiating was poor. A ridiculously quick whistle also negated a Canada goal--so it goes both ways. And the Knight penalty clearly WAS a penalty.

Surprising Lamoureux kept getting heavy ice despite struggling all night. Commentators were talking about that and that Canada needed to exploit the defensive weakness on that side....not to mention the late penalty
 
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How the hell was Wakefield's goal in the 2nd period waved off? Cannot believe the incompetent official blew it. Huge, embarrassing blunder by her! I pray she does not officiate Saturday's final.

Lacasse is surely no Szabados.

Shots 32-21 in favor of US.
 
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Trillium said:
A ridiculously quick whistle also negated a Canada goal...
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The timing of the whistles and the actual video was off all night. You could hear the whistle blow before either goalie had it covered, and on icing before the defensive player would reach the faceoff dot. Clearly the audio and video were not in sync.
 
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Trillium said:
I was not impressed with her play at all. Really nervous. Seemed out of position most of the time--way over on her left side of the net much of the time, and lots of big juicy rebounds to keep her D on their toes.
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I had high expectations of her, but not even Labonte (who I had issues with rebound controls last year) would leave a big gaping HOLE on her right side like that. You can be sure US will go after this weakness in Saturday's final. I appreciate Szabados soo much more after today.

After watching yesterday's game vs Sweden I also think Canada needs to groom another natural goal-scorer/finisher ala Meghan Agosta.
 
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monsoonweather said:
I had high expectations of her, but not even Labonte (who I had issues with rebound controls last year) would leave a big gaping HOLE on her right side like that. You can be sure US will go after this weakness in Saturday's final. I appreciate Szabados soo much more after today.

After watching yesterday's game vs Sweden I also think Canada needs to groom another natural goal-scorer/finisher ala Meghan Agosta.
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They have one but unfortunately she's injured..
 
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D2D said:
The timing of the whistles and the actual video was off all night. You could hear the whistle blow before either goalie had it covered, and on icing before the defensive player would reach the faceoff dot. Clearly the audio and video were not in sync.
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Maybe on FastHockey it was, but the televised TSN coverage had audio and visual in perfect sync. And it clearly shows the puck from Wakefield's goal going in when the official prematurely blew her whistle. Embarrassing.
 
monsoonweather said:
Maybe on FastHockey it was, but the televised TSN coverage had audio and visual in perfect sync. And it clearly shows the puck from Wakefield's goal going in when the official prematurely blew her whistle. Embarrassing.
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Regardless it was a very good game despite refs trying to make a name for themselves. US dominated the first period but after CAN settled down the game was even.
 
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Virtuoso display of very high level hand eye coordination by Johnston on the winning goal, kudos, great goal.

Of course, she does practice that probably every single time on skates. And also query, how in the world did the USA PK allow her to be that completely all alone in front of USA goal?
 
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Trillium said:
Agreed officiating was poor. A ridiculously quick whistle also negated a Canada goal--so it goes both ways. And the Knight penalty clearly WAS a penalty.

Surprising Lamoureux kept getting heavy ice despite struggling all night. Commentators were talking about that and that Canada needed to exploit the defensive weakness on that side....not to mention the late penalty
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Rattray handily beat her to the outside which led to the Irwin goal. D2D asked why they kept putting her out there? Wish I knew because it was plain as day she was a liability.

The goal wave-off was embarrassing but isn't this status-quo for officiating in women's hockey? I've just come to expect it to be bad.
 
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FiveHoleFrenzy said:
The goal wave-off was embarrassing but isn't this status-quo for officiating in women's hockey? I've just come to expect it to be bad.
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The women's international game always uses female officials, and no matter what level of women's hockey they are currently officiating, once they do a Canada vs. US game, it is faster than what they are used to working. The tournament ends before they adjust to that speed. Although you are right; many of the officials seem so overmatched that I'm not sure how they were selected in the first place. I guess the bottom line is that the players are improving faster than the officiating, at least to my biased eyes.
 
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ARM said:
many of the officials seem so overmatched that I'm not sure how they were selected in the first place.
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Based on what I saw last year in Lake Placid, my guess is that the host nation selects the officials.
 
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Trillium said:
Agreed officiating was poor. A ridiculously quick whistle also negated a Canada goal--so it goes both ways. And the Knight penalty clearly WAS a penalty.

Surprising Lamoureux kept getting heavy ice despite struggling all night. Commentators were talking about that and that Canada needed to exploit the defensive weakness on that side....not to mention the late penalty
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The Gophers got to two national championships exploiting her failures. The best one was a shorty where she was left at the blue line after a particularly poor decision & could only chase to get a good view of the goal against.
 
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USA 1, Sweden 0 after one. Shots are 22-2 for the Americans. Hilary Knight with the only goal.
 
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3-0 final. Shots were 50-11. Swedish goalie Sara Grahn named Player of the Game for her team; Brianna Decker got Player of the Game for the U.S.
 
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