Datsyuk Fan

Or in the crease

Or put it just outside the crease and call it inside.

Tonight's Officials
Referees Bill McCreary (#7) & Dan O'Halloran (#13) Linesmen Steve Miller (#89) & Mike Cvik (#88)

I guess Holmstrom won't be getting a goal in his first game back.

I see all you registered members down there \/\/\/\/...what gives? Let's see some posts!!

"With a sellout crowd of 18,087 and both teams using much of their "A" lineups, the $321 million arena opened with an almost regular-season intensity."

Much of their "A" lineups? Err, we were missing Hudler, Datsyuk, and Zetterberg, and played Ozzie in net.

That's not really our "A" lineup.

I laughed when I saw that. We were also missing Lidstrom, Kronwall, and Rafalski on defense.

Yeah, he was always spiraling out of control...

Later in his career though, he was golden.

I share your general anger at the officiating (although this particular event wasn't a missed call), but what the hell does Bettman have to do with this?  Incompetent officiating is one thing, league wide conspiracies are quite another.  (HINT:  The former exists, the latter does not)

As the commissioner, Bettman is at least partially responsible for ensuring the quality of the officials and the integrity of the game.

(Excerpted - cleaned up)
(1) D Slashing - Bertuzzi - valid in my opinion
(2) D Goaltender Interference - Abdelkader -- bogus call
(3) SJ Slashing - Heatley -- This one was legitimate
(4) D Cross check - Datsyuk -- hard to ignore that one.
(5) SJ Boarding - Marleau -- totally bogus
(6) D Goaltender Interference - Bertuzzi -- consistent with calls in the playoffs
(7) D Interference - Stuart -- shoves Nichol into the side of the net. Valid
(8) SJ Interference - Murray -- Tight call, but correct enough.
(9) D Holding - Bertuzzi -- From where the ref saw it but overall: bad call.
(10) D Slashing - Cleary --Chopped Blake's stick in half.. can't NOT call that.
(11) D Tripping - Filppula --Pushed Boyles skates out from under him. This is called 100% of the time.
(12) SJ Goaltender Interference - Heatley -- Completely bogus call, worse than the 1st both in the timing and severity.
(13) D Too many men on the ice - Bench -- Can't argue with it.

Detroit penalties: Valid calls: 7, Bogus calls: 2
San Jose penalties: Valid calls: 2, Bogus calls: 2

Anybody see this in a substantially different way?

EDIT: I know one call is missing, I'm too lazy to see which one and add it.

(1) D Slashing - This was actually Howard; Bertuzzi just served the penalty. I didn't see it, but I heard it was a tap on the leg after being run into/snowed by the Sharks player. That kind of stuff happens all the time - Bogus
(2) D Goaltender Interference - I agree. Totally bogus. Nabby initiated contact, and it was outside the crease - Bogus
(3) SJ Slashing - Don't remember this one, so I'll agree - Legitimate
(4) D Cross check - Happens all the time in every game against Holmstrom and never gets called - Marginal
(5) SJ Boarding - I definitely agree - Bogus
(6) D Goaltender Interference - While it might be consistent with how they've been calling it, I don't agree with the call - Bogus
(7) D Interference - Agree, this one was valid (although I thought it was embellished too) - Legitimate
(8) SJ Interference - Don't remember this one - I'll call it marginal since he called it tight
(9) D Holding - Agree; horrible call. Along with the next one led to the 5-3 power play - Bogus
(9b) D Hooking - This is the missed one (on Kronwall) - legitimate
(10) D Slashing - Hard to not call this one since he broke the stick, but in my opinion, he was trying to play the puck - Legitimate/Marginal
(11) D Tripping - Don't remember this one, so I'll agree - Legitimate
(12) SJ Goaltender Interference - I'm not sure why it was worse than the first one, but I agree - Bogus
(13) D Too many men on the ice - Can't argue with it - Legitimate

So I get:

Detroit: Valid: 4-5, Marginal: 1-2, Bogus: 4
San Jose: Valid: 1, Marginal: 1, Bogus: 2

I also remember seeing an obvious tripping and interference call against the Sharks that were missed. The trip was during a Detroit power play, so it would have given us a 5 on 3 for about 30-60 seconds, I think.

Edit: I've also ignored all the diving, since that's apparently not a penalty anymore (except when Helm loses an edge, falls, and gets right back up and into the play).