You are correct (and it also affects the goalie's vision) but what a goalie usually does is he shakes his head hard enough so that his facemask falls off his head. As the announcers mentioned, Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues tossed his facemask (like Ullmark did) earlier on in the season and got a warning for doing so - then did it a second time in the same game and got a minor penalty for delay of game.

@@blackenedmagic888 yea true

Yes I agree to an extent but a blown strap on a helmet is better than taking and 80+ mph slapper from the point to the face. Too much of a deliberate act here to justify pulling it off. I'd roll my dice the other way in my opinion

@@icymountain4150 in the situation he may have simply thought different. i will never know. i havent experience fast play like this 😂

Better to shake it off.. shouldnt get a penalty then

Literally bro I saw quick had the same problem too his helmet strap was off for like 20 seconds and the ref didn’t blow the whistle. It needs to be a rule as soon as a strap comes loose they need to blow the whistle

These comments are right on. Yet I discovered a few years ago, the reason why this is so difficult to call is because it's not a one size fit all answer. They all have to meet a certain standard yet, all goalie masks aren't equal, don't strap them the same way, or use the same number of straps. Many goalies like Hellebuyck & Gibson are gray area, their names always come up in this controversy- they don't use chin straps. but I lean more toward it being an unfair advantage. They'll need to find a way to make the goalie to pay for that risk they choose They don't fasten their chin straps, probably don't have one in their masks - they're asking that mask to flip off more easily. Should we force goalies to strap their masks all the same with the same number of straps? I don't know. (Not suggesting it) Going from being a parent of a goalie, progressing into goalie skills coaching - we sit with our butts clenched the first couple of seasons while pucks go flying at our kids! Then the kids get bigger, and the pucks get faster Then we move on to not just looking out for our kids, but everybody's! (Anyone under the age of 30 is "a kid" lol!) Always kept new throat guards, not stretched out straps- at the ready! But here's a name for you that messes us all up - Binnington. I do not trash elite athletes' reputations, by now it's arguable based on evidence, He pulls crap -or he's not wearing a chin strap. Based on the evidence seen by fans- I think he'd throw a mask, bump the post out if moorings, etc to stop a goal So, goalies like him, or ones that wear masks like him, are the reason why refs don't give goalies the benefit of the doubt. I think Binnington got in on the concept - " rules are made to be broken" But not this one, can't cry wolf too many times as a Stanley cup winning goalie. No excuses. Shuddup or get off the ice! I'll give him the benefit of the doubt to assume he grows up I did the same for our lil Ratt Brad & Temper- Tantrum Tuuka. 😁 But goalies that don't wear chin straps need to be singled out, some way. I don't have the answer - but I'm betting thousands of NHL fat lawyers are working on it as we speak! And they'll keep working on it for the next 10 years cuz they get to watch hockey games, drink beer, decide the rules of a sport they've never played! While laughing all the way to the bank off of NHL revenues, suspensions and fines George Parros and his safety player committee bring in - the more regulations, the merrier! Yet they still won't address the mask issue. They settled the player helmet issue - we all remembered Torey krug's last legal hit without wearing one 😲 They'll wait for a tragedy on the masks - they're lawyers, ambulance chasers. That seriously doesn't change wherever they work.

@@TheFoolintherainn Sorry, you're missing the point and diverting it away from the reality of the situation. This isn't about goalies and chin straps. It's about Referee's being trash. Putting your chin strap on isn't going to make the Ref's better at their job.

@@fooglez merry 🎄

I get the feeling of the strap being burst but I also see that there is no intent at all to engage with the play. Everyone has to play through equipment that might have failed goalie or not. It's our job to handle the task at hand

After Ovi dented Lehner's helmet the other night, I'd say a goalies helmet (and safety) is nothing to fuck with.

should be delay of game.

The struggle is real sometimes dude

Exactly that mask falls off at the wrong time and a puck hits the right spot and ur dead before u hit the ice

nah, I understand why Ullmark did this. Bitchington just throws tantrums

@@JRennick27 it's entertaining though

@@JRennick27 Actually Binnington had a reason to do It his mask was loose

@@JRennick27 A buckle on Binnington's helmet came undone. It was literally the exact same play as this except Binnington got a delay of game and every body roasted him.

Oohh, so mean dude. But hilarious at the same time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

If it was more secure it would be a bigger risk. Similar to why soldiers never used their helmet straps

@@matthewrobson7190 nope not even close to being right

@@ano1962 He actually is right with regards to goalies masks (I have no idea about soldiers helmets). The straps are designed to pop-off and "spring back" with the back plate during a heavy impact specifically to absorb the force of the impact. It's actually pretty common for a buckle or 2 to pop-off when there's a heavy shot that hits the mask directly. I play beer league only, and even there, some guys can rip shots in the upper 70's and 80's, which causes my mask to pop sometimes (since they just don't aim as well as pros) So just imagine shots with pro-level power being deflected or improperly aimed hitting a goalie mask.

@@ano1962 There is a higher risk of neck injuries

@@matthewrobson7190 the straps don’t pop off until a shot hits the chin usually which pops the ones down by the jaw so the mask falls off or if one of the top 3 take a direct hit usually. We don’t wear our masks loose like soldiers because either way if u take a clapper to the cage or forehead or anywhere central your neck might still snap backwards but the mask is only gonna fall forwards

Not a good play, what if he got hit in the face? 🧐

@@johndavis2372 atleast he sacrificed for his team

@@jonathanshoemaker2867 that could cost him his vision and that is a bit more valuable than saving one shot.

@@johndavis2372 from a goalies perspective I would much rather save a shot

@@johndavis2372 from a goalies perspective I would much rather save the shot.

потому что ремешок маски развязался

yeah but it is considered delay of game, he got off with a warning because doing that to stop the play, is illegal

@@88binks But his strap came off, Idk if it’s still delay of game then, but I think there was no call because he told the ref his strap came off, and the ref can’t see that, so he had to stop play.

very rarely a penalty because the goalie mask is a priority for safety reasons

Ullmark took his helmet off because it came loose which could be dangerous. It’s a smart move by him

The commentary explained it well. It's a serious equipment issue, so you give the goalie some slack. If it becomes a tactic, then you have a problem.

Only for Jordan Binnington lol

For what lol

@@rush3r975 its a delay of game penalty

@@tonyriley1578 he didn’t cover the puck. as long as he’s not in the trapezoid or over the red line it’s not a penalty

@@tonyriley1578 for what he didn’t do anything wrong

@@rush3r975 to stop the play so a goal could be scored on the wide open net and the Avs had the puck. Yet the shot was way off target, so not that big a deal.

They do penalize them when they do it "on purpose" Refs get that one more right than wrong. Yet that's not relevant to this video, and it's disrespectful. Why did you go there with this guy? You're slandering an elite athlete anonymously, on your Obama phone sitting in your mama's basement? blows me away how people are still disrespecting this goalie - after everything they put him through last year. You just can't stop hating! The guys blows away records, bruins fans finally realized Jeremy swayman is only 6 ft 2 in, he was never going to be a starting goalie on a Stanley cup team - the last USA born USA trained goalie to get the cup was in 1994! Duh? Have we not gotten over Jeremy yet? You didn't see the writing on the wall? Fell for that clickbait? So the first thing you're going to do is accuse linus of cheating? It's right in front of your face, not even like blue dress /silver dress! You see the bruins defender's knee hit goalies helmet - it's very clear if you slow it down while he was sprawled on the ice, he kept tracking the puck - head lifted, pause the video and see exactly where his head is, up facing the shooter playing through the play - not trying to throw his helmet off to stop a goal I didn't see his hands trying to mess with his helmet or rip it off? He made an absolutely AMAZING save lifting his stick! That was his hockey vision, most likely didn't see that puck, but goalies know where the puck is going to come from, even before the shooter Even if they can't see it, they can stop it cuz they know where they are exposed- linus probably saw the position of the shooters skates and stick blade, that tells him what type of shot is coming in and where. He knew it was going there, made a blind save he never actually saw the puck because his helmet was not on properly Goalies know what they know, what they know! When the puck was out of the crease, that particular play was over, no rebound- That's when he tossed his helmet and asked for help I don't think a goalie is going to do this "on purpose" because there's so many cameras on everything And - a buncha fat lawyers sitting in the situation room drinking microbrews and Molson beers playing hockey gods, while they run the videos through their computer algorithms Goalies can't get away with it It's knocking- the -net -off -the -posts right before a goal "trick", that happens far more often And you're not going to see ullmark intentionally do that, and the fact that I need to explain why? Means you don't know what you're talking about and keep reading so you can learn - He knows it's not to his advantage to knock the net off, he needs it. It's his friend! First, Goalies do not want face-offs in their end. For many teams, those are worse than handling power plays Second at his elite skill level? he knows exactly how to use those posts as an extension of his stick, helmet and blocker - so he wants that net in place. He counts on it to help him stop pucks. Yesterday, bruins beat Islanders in overtime shootout. There were comments from fans saying how the goal posts did all the work in overtime, ullmark didn't have to save a puck? "All he had to do was stand there" 🤔 And it blows my mind that I have to explain this! he knows how to use every inch of that 6' 5" stature, hold his position with precision, don't flinch, don't give the shooter anything - and all he leaves them to shoot at are... The posts! He gives them nothing else! Shooters have no choice but to try to bounce it off the post because ullmark has every other centimeter covered! Have you ever seen them get it between his pads underneath him in a shootout? I don't ever remember that. They don't even bother trying, they need deflection help from a post or another player, to get anything past ullmark! A goalie is so skilled, so strong, patient, won't flinch, give a shooter anything - and he leaves them with nothing to shoot at but metal. It's amazing with all this internet stuff you can google, anyone can learn this position and sport now.. but the ignorance just continues I speak up in my microphone from time to time, because I've coached goalies, you're trashing a top elite vezina candidate. You're going after the wrong guy You should also know, Binnington tried claiming equipment failure twice in one game - it didn't go well for him Once in awhile, the refs get it right the first time Putting a comment like that under this video is disrespectful, unfounded and here we go again... You just have to keep trashing Linus ullmark?

If there was nothing wrong with the mask then yeah but if he just carries on and then the mask falls off as that guy was literally on the point winding up with it, you would be commenting saying how sad it was that the guy died and the ref shoulda blown the whistle

@@rivefall6845 So instead of leaving the helmet on and getting the refs attention, you think ripping off your helmet mid play is smarter? Keep it on and flag the ref down.

@@bbqBaconNinja yeah In terms of safety I completely agree, that guy could still get shot in the face but then it comes down to the ref might not notice for ages and so it’s the same argument

@@bbqBaconNinja my goalie partner in a game took a skate to the neck and it popped his mask so he had not mask on and a cut to the neck and it took the ref over 12 of playing time while he had at lease 3 shots taken at the goal before the ref blew the whistle. The ref only blew it as he skated out and grabbed a guy for attention. So u can’t rely on refs, although they’re probably slightly less shit at the nhl level

@@rivefall6845 that's the goalies fault lol. I play goal and had my share of problems but if there is a safety issue you can skate directly off the ice, push the net off, yell, skate to the ref etc. If you think you're in any type of danger you don't keep playing like there is no issue. I would also blame your team, no one noticed your goalie was hurt and try to stop play?

@Ivar Lindvall I've played hockey. Never a goalie. You? Your fine rebuttal left me wondering, which part do you take issue with?

Personally he would get a pass since his buckle did in fact come off, but your probably right that he took advantage of the situation when he was out of crease leaving the net wide open.

@Ivar Lindvall look man, I have no problem with the mask being loose and needing play to stop. But stop it instantly. Make it reviewable and waive the delay of game penalty. The issue I have is that he didn't have any concern about that mask being loose until he was way out of position. He stayed with the play until it was convenient for him to pull it.

@@xmarine73 but the mask did not get loose until he was way out of position, it's the teammates leg that drags the buckle off. 0:38

@@Jungfrun1 yeah, watching it again you're right