Panthers Robbed of Game-Tying Goal

by Adam Gretz

Filed under: Panthers, Thrashers, NHL Videos

The Florida Panthers lost to the Atlanta Thrashers, 3-2, on Wednesday night in a game the Panthers felt should have, at the very least, gone into overtime.

With a little over six minutes to play in the third period, with the Panthers trailing by one goal, defenseman Bryan McCabe fired a shot at Thrashers goaltender Ondrej Pavelec that appeared to be stopped and covered for a whistle. Upon further review, however, the puck can clearly be seen across the goal line, tucked inside the side of the net. Neither referee called it a goal, and despite the protests of McCabe, the play was never sent to the Toronto war room for review (or reviewed at all). The puck was quickly dropped for the ensuing faceoff and the Panthers never scored again.

Said coach Pete DeBoer after the game, "It looks like a goal to me and I'm baffled why the referees can make certain to make sure everyone goes to the box but why no one took a second look at it. They look at everything else. I got no explanation why. They said if it was close, Toronto would have buzzed them. They never got that."

 

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Source: http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2011/01/06/panthers-robbed-of-game-tying-goal/

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