I was at that game, sitting darn close to the net when it happened. As much as it hurts, I tell ya, there was no way in hell anyone, other than Gelinas, could have seen it clearly then.
Fraser was interviewed after his retirement and you could say he was still apologetic for missing it. He said: "It was so fast, none of us saw it, Tampa got the puck and quickly went back on the attack. What was I supposed to do, stop the game and reverse the clock?" Today, the answer would have been a resounding yes. In 2004, it wasn't, unfortunately...
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