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“When I drove the net and I looked at the puck, I thought it was in, and then I saw it hit the pad,” said Gelinas, who instantly figured for the fourth-straight series he had scored the clincher.

“In hindsight, I should have jumped up and down when chasing back for the puck, but I didn’t have that personality. Especially when playing for Darryl, I didn’t want to start celebrating while going back up the ice. I probably should have. But I’m thinking ‘for sure they must have the cameras to review the play.’”

They didn’t.

The NHL’s director of hockey operations, Colin Campbell, said of all the camera angles available to the league only one showed the puck, but based on the camera angle and the fact the puck was in the air and on edge, there was “insufficient evidence that the puck conclusively crossed the finish line.”

In an effort to further satisfy his curiosity, Gelinas popped by NHL headquarters in Toronto the following year where he personally asked for their perspective.

“I stopped by and talked to Colin Campbell, and he said they reviewed it and said it didn’t go in — but they’re going to stick to their guns,” Gelinas said.

“I had never been to their office so I wanted to see how things work and just asked the question — not maliciously. He explained his side, and I’m sure it’s not the first time he had to.”

“I tell them I believe it did but it didn’t count and I have nothing to show for it,” said Gelinas, who admits “crying like a baby” following the Game 7 heartbreak.

“It wasn’t meant to be. Really, when you look at it and have to assess and take everything into consideration, it was probably the right call.”

http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/06/06...haunts-gelinas