NHL news...

NHL tweaked rule 38.4(finally)allowing broader discretion on "intent to blow whistle" calls in accordance to pucks going into the net... an example of this "major screwup" happening was on November 18,2009 when Dallas Stars played the Red Wings when Brad May shot a backhand shot short side into the net,and the referees disallowed the goal that would have tied the game at two,claiming that the whistle had been blown,when the audio,and video did indicate that it was not the case,at all... in fact,the puck was in the net for a good two or three seconds before the whistle was blown... the Stars won the game,3-1,that November night,in 2009... funny thing is that the video of the goal,on Yahoo,was labeled,"the screw of the year",by someone... it was that bad,folks... another funny thing is that i really remember that goal,honestly... it was one of many disallowed goals and major refereeing screwups that happened between the two teams at that time,including a quite memorable shootout goal allowed by Mike Leggo,from 30 feet away from the net,when in fact there was a referee that actually bumped into the goal,trying to see if the puck was in past Jimmy Howard,and he waved his arms in a safe motion,indicating that it was no goal... even the announcers for the Stars could not believe it,saying once that the shootout was going to continue,and then they said that the game was over... they were even stunned by the call by Mike Leggo... i called Leggo at that time something that was unmentionable,and,i believe,i said that he was the worst referee in the NHL,among other things that i can not mention on here,even now...