pazzloski 7 Report post Posted May 7, 2009 I'm hoping that someone can enlighten me with this one, sorry if its been asked already. So the play is dead when the referee intended to blow the whistle? not when the whistle actually sounds? right? Does it make sense that time should be added to the clock in the event of this happening? Since the timekeeper has control of the game time and not the referee. I guess you could make the argument that this happens on every play of the game. I've watched that play from last night about a dozen times today and if he would have blown the whistle when he intended to compared to when we heard it, it must have been a good one or two seconds, enough for one more shot on net. Thanks for any input. Go wings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lovin Jiri Fischer 147 Report post Posted May 7, 2009 Well obviously this is a problem. If the play in fact does stop at the moment when the ref says "Hey I want to blow the whistle" then I have one solution. We must take the clock and electronically hook it up to the ref's brain. Therefore it will stop exactly when he decided to blow the whistle and we will no longer question whether the puck crossed the line before or after he decided that he wanted to blow the whistle. It makes perfect sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
under_par_00 45 Report post Posted May 7, 2009 So they can review a replay to decide if another 0.4 seconds should be added, but cant review the playoff game tying goal with a minute left?? Some rules need to be changed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby91_ca 620 Report post Posted May 7, 2009 I'm hoping that someone can enlighten me with this one, sorry if its been asked already. So the play is dead when the referee intended to blow the whistle? not when the whistle actually sounds? right? Does it make sense that time should be added to the clock in the event of this happening? Since the timekeeper has control of the game time and not the referee. I guess you could make the argument that this happens on every play of the game. I've watched that play from last night about a dozen times today and if he would have blown the whistle when he intended to compared to when we heard it, it must have been a good one or two seconds, enough for one more shot on net. Thanks for any input. Go wings. A good one or two seconds? You sure about that? I'm thinking maybe 3-5 tenths of a second. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
