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Originally Posted by 604flames
Didn't watch the game tonight (yet), but from your post Snakeeye, the Ice caught a bit of a break tonight?
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Yes and no. The Ice were wildly outplayed in the first and third periods, but Dakers made a number of excellent stops that kept his team alive. I would suggest that your skaters caught a break, and that they owe their playoff lives to their goaltender. If not for Dakers, Calgary would have beaten Kootenay silly last night.
The officiating was what one expects when Pee Wee Herman and Kyle Rehman officiate a game. They are both up there with Savage as far as the worst officials in the league go. Especially Herman, who would be a Mick McGeough clone if he got a bad haircut, added 100lbs and flailed his arms about wildly at random times. He has that same "I'm the first star" mentality. The game could just have easily gone Calgary's way on one of the other horrible calls those two made last night. Kootenay was simply fortunate in the timing of their goal.
Ultimately though, it has to fall back on Kelly Kisio. The Hitmen have been a mediocre organization since he took over as GM, and in his three years as a coach, he is now working hard on his third embarrassing playoff choke in a row. I seriously have to wonder if the Flames are even paying attention to the Hitmen for him to have lasted as long as he has. The team can brag about ten straight playoff appearances all it wants, in a league where 4/5 teams in each division qualify, that is not much of an accomplishment.