ajoyce02

If he is in the crease too much, it is the job of the Sioux defender to clear some real estate for Parise in front. The big point here is he didn't break the rule, he used it to his advantage. Maybe the Sioux should try the same thing?

Ok, now I know what you're talking about, I just couldn't recall. But how you saw Parise was interfered with is totally beyond me. A screen is not interfernace. I believe it was Ryan Stoa in front of the net, hes just doing his job, yes his skate was in the crease but Parise had room to make that save. Had Stoa been like a foot further into the crease, you might have an argument, but I think he right call was made on that one.

You'll have to help me out here. I remember the no goal from Saturday, but what is the other call you're talking about? The Saturday no goal was called as such because there was just NOTHING on the overhead camera to overturn that call. The ref made the call that was, in his opinion, the best considering what he had to look at. Why have instant replay? To make sure that obvious calls that weren't called as such, get corrected. You just can't let them use whatever cameras because there just simply aren't as many cameras at a UAA-MTU game as there are at a Minn-UND game, you have to make it fair across the board.

To blame losing a big game/series on 2 "bad" calls is crap. Had the Sioux played better, they could have made that point irrelevant. Refs are human, they make mistakes (I'm not agreeing that those were mistakes, just saying it does happen). If you are down to relying on the ref to make in call in your favor to win, you probably don't deserve to win.

In defense of Shepard (I can't believe I just said that) there was no way he could have overturned the no goal call on the overhead camera alone. There was nothing there. Good series, look forward to seeing the Sioux down in Minneapolis next month!