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Originally Posted by jay2tharoc
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I don't think a boarding call would have been unreasonable.
Official NHL Boarding Rule Text (Rule 603)
“Boarding is the action where a player, pushes, trips, or body checks an opponent causing them to go dangerously into the boards. This includes: Accelerating through the check to a player who is in a vulnerable position, driving an opponent excessively into the boards with no focus on or intent to play the puck, or any check delivered for the purpose of punishment or intimidation that causes the opponent to go unnecessarily and excessively into the boards.”
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There was definitely an element of vulnerability near the boards, so boarding would have been a reasonable call.
For me though, it was very late, plus Rooney never played the puck., so I thought it should have been an interference penalty.
Also, when a guy gets injured like that, the refs often decide to slap on the penalty, even though they didn't call it live. But nope, nothing. Then they give the Nucks a PP out of the scrum - absolutely horrible sequence of calls.
And I thought that had a very large bearing on the resulting 4-1 1st period score.