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- Ottawa, Canada
- GTP_pyxen
I'm not a hockey guy but I did watch the end of this game. I am a sports official and I know what a dive is and that is what I saw on the last breakaway that Canada had. Set up a 4 on 3 that resulted in the winning goal. I know when I see that limited amount of contact and the first part of the body to go down is not the body part that was touched, it's a dive. I really think the official knew it but had already blown their whistle and didn't want to waive off the penalty call. It seemed to take long time to signal anything. If it was an obvious penalty, it should have been a penalty shot. Classic case of an official being too proud (or stupid) to realize they were wrong and fix it while they have a chance.
Complete ********...Haley W. wouldn't do that...she's a standup player, and has WAY more honour than this. It was a ****** occurence, but not a dive. I don't know if I agree it should have been a penalty or not, but not a dive..
Since you're not a hockey player, I wouldn't expect you to completely understand how it works, but at that speed there's very little that wouldn't take someone down when it's a leg on foot contact..