Comments on: Let’s chat about something else, eh?

By: Rick Carpiniello

Rick Carpiniello — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:24:33 +0000

100!

By: Rick Carpiniello

Rick Carpiniello — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:55:29 +0000

new post.

By: Rick Carpiniello

Rick Carpiniello — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:54:51 +0000

Actually, Wolanin did whack Kovalev in the back, rather hard. The kid might have been really hurt, but he shouldn’t have stayed down.

The ref, Andy van Hellemond, kept looking back to see if Kovalev would get up, because he didn’t want the blow his whistle for fear that Kovalev was faking. He waited, and as Sakic scored, van Hellemond blew the whistle—perhaps even a second after Sakic scored. Then he said the play was dead and disallowed the goal. That pretty much cost van Hellemond his refereeing career.

As for the notion that Kovalev is a playoff performer, well, that goes up and down like the rest of his career. He was a hero in ‘94, but how convenient to forget that he did nothing for the first five games against the Devils, and nothing in Game 7. Or some of his in-and-out playoffs with Pittsburgh and Montreal. He was dreadful every other game this past spring.

By: UESBlueshirt

UESBlueshirt — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:47:39 +0000

No, the issue was that the play should have continued on and not been blown dead.

By: bull dog line

bull dog line — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:47:37 +0000

no diving penalty. it was a real good two hand slash to the back of Kovalev.
ref blew the whistle because of injury.

By: davymax3

davymax3 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:43:50 +0000

So, the ref was calling a diving penalty on Kovalev?

By: UESBlueshirt

UESBlueshirt — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:37:35 +0000

Ah Bull Dog, beat me to it. That was more of a reflection on poor officiating than Kovalev.

By: UESBlueshirt

UESBlueshirt — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:35:56 +0000

Are you talking about the game against the Nordiques in the first round of 95? Kovalev was hit, stayed down and the play went the other way and the Nordiques scored. However the ref ruled that he whistled the play dead which was wrong because the Rangers never regained possession of the puck and negated the goal.

By: bull dog line

bull dog line — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:33:31 +0000

by the way,
carp should remember that 95 series well.
that was the series that Kovalev saved Cambell’s bacon.
Kovalev was the best player on the ice, for either team in that series.

By: bull dog line

bull dog line — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:29:43 +0000

the kovalev play you are talking about was in the 95 playoffs against Quebec.

He was slashed in the back, and went down, Quebec scored, but the referee(Van Hellumund) blew the whistle before the goal was scored. This was because Kovalev went down. The goal would have made it 3 zip, instead the Rangers took control of the game shortly after, and went on to win the game.