Cornell Women - Olympic Hockey

[Trotsky]

Three different Cornellians in on the three goals.  Not bad.  Not bad at all...

Put four more gold medals in the Cornell trophy case.

[Trotsky]

Those are the best women's refs in the world? Wow!

Well, you know how it is.  If you make a call in OT, you have to make a call the other way too on something you've let go all game.  It's in the rulebook.

Kinda made up for it with not calling an obvious penalty shot, though.

Just one more reason why 4x4 is bad overtime.

[Dafatone]

Those are the best women's refs in the world? Wow!

Well, you know how it is.  If you make a call in OT, you have to make a call the other way too on something you've let go all game.  It's in the rulebook.

Kinda made up for it with not calling an obvious penalty shot, though.

Just one more reason why 4x4 is bad overtime.

In that position, if I'm the US, I might just take a penalty shot.  A 5x3 and then 4x3 is really tough to defend.  Out of curiosity, what happens when America's first penalty would have released.  Does it go from a 5x3 to a 5x4?  Or a 4x3?  Kinda had to force people off the ice.  My guess is 5x4 until a stoppage, and then a 4x3.

Had America scored on that empty net post shot, the story would be the linesman screwing Canada.  Bad job all around.

[Jim Hyla]

Those are the best women's refs in the world? Wow!

Well, you know how it is.  If you make a call in OT, you have to make a call the other way too on something you've let go all game.  It's in the rulebook.

Kinda made up for it with not calling an obvious penalty shot, though.

Just one more reason why 4x4 is bad overtime.

Except if the make-up call hadn't been called, the breakaway probably would not have happened. Terrible to end it that way.

[Trotsky]

Out of curiosity, what happens when America's first penalty would have released.  Does it go from a 5x3 to a 5x4?  Or a 4x3?  Kinda had to force people off the ice.  My guess is 5x4 until a stoppage, and then a 4x3.

I assumed the first US player could not leave the box until a stoppage.  The on-ice numbers would remain 4x3 (after the return of the Canadian player) until the second penalty expired.  i.e., the same as a penalty incurred by the down side during an Nx3 during a normal game.

[imafrshmn]

This was probably the most intensely competed women's hockey game I've seen. I think the ref did a reasonable job managing the game and keeping her penalty calling to a minimum. I think she used great discretion to not award Wickenheiser a penalty shot because she did not appear to have full control of the puck at the time of the hit. Great game, really, and the luck of both sides evened out in the end, mostly. Kevin Dineen did a good job managing the time and player combinations and not settling for their inadequate attack--notably putting Jenner on Johnston and Poulin's line... in the 3rd period and OT, a lot of those women were really gassed, but Jenner impressed me with her freshness. The winning play was set up by Laura Fortino, at the top of the slot, receiving the puck from Johnston and faking a pass back to Johnston, but quickly moving the puck left to Poulin, who released the puck after quickly settling it onto her tape. Jessie Vetter was caught out of position when she didn't slide across immediately on the Fortino pass. Poulin has some of the best hands in the women's game, and it helped win gold for Canada yet again. I'd be remiss to not mention the steady play of Shannon Szabados in net for Canada, and a truly game-saving stop on a rifled PP shot in OT.

[BMac]

What an unbelievable game.

[profudge]

Very big ditto  !!  One of best games I've seen in many a year.

[ugarte]

As if anyone cares about HOCKEY.

[Jim Hyla]

USCHO report on the women's playoffs had this nice quote on Olympics officiating:

The rosters in the bottom tier featured far better skaters than we've seen in Olympics past, so although teams may have faced a disadvantage in skill, strength, and stamina, at least there were far fewer reasons to feel pity for an athlete. That emotion was reserved for those having to put up with the overmatched officiating.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/womens-d1-blog/2014/02/23/womens-d-i-wrap-feb-24/#ixzz2uF2FKHoy