he was on for 2 minutes

@@matthewsquarzolo2984 irrelevant

Hedman was milking that pretty bad. Wasn't icing anyway. If the linesman can beat an NHL player to the corner the player isnt trying very hard to get there. If the ref determies you didn't make enough of an effort to get the puck he can decide not to call it. Just another case of TB trying to play the ref instead of playing hockey. Discretion call, and the ref was probably tired of listening to TB bitch about literally everything for 6 games straight. After a while it's just noise. They might have complained themselves right out of the building.

Combo of regular shift, lollygagging (just ask Strother) and, more to the point, the full expectation that the ref would call icing. Uhh...surprise!

Exactly

You can say that about 90% of icing calls I think the last 30 seconds of Stanley cup game 6 you should get the benefit of the doubt 🤷‍♂️ I wanted the Avs to win idt it woulda made a difference at all but I honestly think they call icing on that if it was the 1st period

I hate the inconsistency of the refs.... judgement call but everyone in the building thought icing... I'm a NYR fan but that's how I saw it.

Since the beginning of organized ice hockey, the rule if icing has remained the same. The player pursuing the puck MUST make a sincere effort to reach the puck before it crosses the end line. If, in the opinion of the official, the player does NOT make a reasonable effort, icing shall be negated. That's all that happened here. Hedman was being his lazy, smug, self and got called on it. The end.

@@williame.donnelly2661 Remember those BS icing calls at the end of both game 7's in the Rangers run in '94. Glad to see they waived that off for a player deliberately waiting for it to go over the line.

@@RodCalidge I specifically remember in HS out hustling someone who wasn't making an effort but ref saw me coming from center ice. Either way got a shot on the wraparound lol Good call ref!

LMAO

Yeah...no kidding!

bears, beets, battlestar galactica

100% agree with you

The linesman also aren't skating that hard zone to zone and getting bodied

They just quick to complain cuz they lost lol

It was the linesmen but everything else is correct. Hedman dogged it and the linesmen called him on it. That guy has Stones to make that call at that time in that building. The right call.

Hedman: I'mma slow down so it crosses the line before I get there and they get called for icing. Ref: nice try but no Lighting: O___________ O RIGGED!

Nice try but no says the linesman while ( gliding ) next to a supposedly sprinting Hedman. 😂😆

Well said . Great overall playoff this year .

Avs were a fresher team coming into the playoffs. Lightning kept running out of gas in the 3rd period against the Avs.

Absolutely, the eye popping thing about Colorado all 4 rounds was their constant pressure and speed.

Hungrier to not lose ? Nah

Colorado also had injuries too they just had more dept and we’re more hungry

Cool Story but the Colorado Player Desperately Iced it down the ice, just blow the whistle and call the icing and dont be a hero. Its obvious what Colorado was doing. hedman never slowed down or sped up

@@andrewchapman5659 the problem is he was taking a casual skate down the ice. He could have gotten there.

@@andrewchapman5659 Cool story but it still was a "gray area", it wasn't clear icing or non-icing could have went either way. This literally happens at least once every game at any high level..

Cool story you talk like your a high schooler back in 2010 but with the little amount of time left the refs go by what they saw with their own eyes, I mean it’s the cup final you really think they should get little rest breaks.

​@@andrewchapman5659 yeah, but put in 0 effort to actually get the puck. my 6 year old could have beat him to it. Makes it a good non call.

An icing call would have meant Tampa has 30 seconds 6 on 5 with an offensive draw on their choice of the dots and with 30 seconds to go and an exhausted Colorado team and a sub par goalie I like those odds.

@Dr Funke sub par is being generous.

@@thomas-mc1tp that sub par goalie out performed Vasy

@@thomas-mc1tp instead of favoring your team, favor the rules. That was not icing by 81.5

@@thomas-mc1tp also, Tampa went the first 11 minutes of the third period with no shots on net, and only had 4 shots on net the whole third period. One of those shots was from their own zone, clearing the puck. Highly doubt they could’ve done much in 30 seconds.

Fr

Hedman literally did it like a minute or so before that and for once the ref wasn’t buying their bullshit.

Some poetic justice.

Literally every team does that all season long

@@olherb9633 You can't be logical with people who are purely emotional

Anytime ‘we scored’ ?? Stay in your lane you bandwagon jockey.

So SOOOOOOOOO sweet to see those SOBs lose. #CheatCup2021 #LTIR

Yeah, Cooper should stick to his career as a lawyer. 😂

Should have been 1-0 Tampa good luck making out the first round next year

@@jonathanlegthigh8264 So what

Сорри. Вы что употребляете!?

yeah i see where he thinks it should be icing honestly because hedman looked gassed on that so that coulda been why he was dogging it who knows this years rule interpretations have been weird

Yeah another one of those that really could have gone either way. Tough call, but probably the right one made on the ice. Especially since he could have reached for it and didn’t.

Come on man. The whole night the refs favored the Avs.

@@IvanIvanov-vy7pt ur brain is like rock

Kucherov biggest whiner in league on the whiniest team in the league. last year Kucherov talked shit on the habs, a no class act and this year he is sooking.

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The important difference there is that it was his own teammate who pushed the puck down to the other end of the ice. So I don’t think it would’ve been icing one way or the other. But he may not have even known that so I think it’s still a great point

​@@jacobs7860 The Avs hit it down the ice...

You’re stupid if you don’t think that’s an icing. I’m not even a Tampa fan and I can admit that

Thanks for pointing out the time stamp. I read from other people about the hit, but never saw it on the screen. Freakin incredible classless cross-check on the linesman. The League office should be calling the organization about that. Fines should be administered, and a few game suspension for the player involved.

I'm a Lightning fan but I appreciate this meme over all the other garbage I've been seeing

Meaning they didn't react much and were all back home 90 minutes after the game ended, just like when they won the Cup last year.

What goes around comes around. I totally remember that from last season. Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche, deserving 2022 Stanley cup champions 🏆

#1 bullshit

Colorado is lucky to have made it past St Louis

Yeah, that's the great (derailed) dynasty team doing all that bull. And yes, technically and easily (MacKinnon 20+ ft away when Kadri touches the puck) that goal in OT, game 4 should have been dis-allowed (and a TMMOI penalty called - see, I'm learning) but man, it's such a relief to know we won't be seeing a shirtless, classless Kuch belching out a beer infused tirade in the post SC presser this year. Thank you Avs.

I heard it was Stamkos that shot the puck at a ref?

@@lelouchvibritannia4028 , you are correct. I thought he was above that, but I was wrong. kzfaq.info_sxsZUHiSWU I edited my OP to Stamkos.

Maroon*

"you can see a TB player jump off the bench and intentionally run into the linesman 0:28 top of the screen" - you are a liar. You can clearly see that TB player is standing still, while linesman backs into him.

I am 100% surprised nobody else is talking about the hit on the linesmen. Totally accidentally on purpose. Thought players weren't allowed to hit the officials. Guess I was wrong.

@@michaelgurnick8422 You were definitely wrong, dennis wideman already tested that

Can’t forget this one as well, by their ‘captain’ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hL-ba6iVsuCdoJs.html

.....too bad Florida didn't show up against the Tampons and take them to at least 6 games.

Not the first time, either. When Columbus swept them in Rd 1 3 years ago, they did a lot of this same whiny, crybaby stuff. That includes boarding the hell out of Markus Nuutivaara in the last minute of a game, I believe. And at the end of Game 3 when Stamkos tried to start something, Nick Foligno was close to physically ripping Stamkos's head off for Stamkos sucker punching him: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bpyIlLqbtq6VaGg.html

They did this for 2 years

​@Allen Only Idiot.

@Allen Only Give me one just one. for instance we're the Avs cried about anything in the series? Cooper was the one questioning everything.

@Allen Only Sure, how many times did Vasy go to the bench to let the Lightning players rest? Love to hear Lightning fans whine to the refs about everything because they didn't three-repeat.

@Allen Only Cool, Actually I'm a season ticket holder for the Avs. I don't own a lot of Avs gear. Everything is to expensive now.

Right !! Absolutely !! Look from Russia !!

Good no call

While I agree the same thing happened a few minutes prior and they called it, lol. I didn’t care who won.

@@unclejake1476 I call this all the time and coaches get pissed. Players need to stop slacking.

Read the rule book! Article 10.5! If it crosses the goal line it is icing! No such thing as if the referee thinks it is icing or not! Suspecting that the player is dragging his feet! And to make a better judgment call, look at the play. The player intentionally send the puck at the other end! Not even a question, icing? I have read the rule book and have played hockey. So in your expert opinion, which is worth what is worth nothing…..you should just let the referees make judgment calls….Good luck with that!

0:28 just noticed that lol

Wow I didn't notice that. That's Ross Colton giving a lil crosscheck to the back of the ref. What a greaseball

So scummy. That's the play you want to make with 10s on the clock in the Stanley Cup finals? Losers

That's a linesman, not a ref, but yeah, lots of crying from Tampa lol.

@@lelouchvibritannia4028 well aware i am an echl linesman haha

Not to mention Stamkos and Maroon would have been tossed from the game, so neither would have been there for that 6 on 5 anyways.

Tampa lost because they put on only 4 shots in the 3rd period when they were trailing by a goal, not because of officiating.

@@shayhicks9247 Heck, Tampa lost because they were flat out outplayed except for maybe 5 periods out of a possible 18+.

I thought I was the only one that saw Stammer do that.

It wasn’t icing anyways, Hedman was easily close enough to get it.

I missed the cheap shot, good eye on you did you catch who it was ?

@@km11ism looked like Cirelli

@@km11ism Cirelli #71

It was Ross Colton... it looks like 71 at first glance but its 79. Took me a minute to figure it out too lol

@@krausefilms3703 sheeeet. Yes, Colton, you're right!

Oh a 2 time champ tendy cant get mad after a stanley cup loss? Ok snowflake

I guarantee you that an avs player throws something in the tunnel if they lose the cup. not a bolts fan. I hate both teams actually, but there isn't anyone who just deserves the cup

He should have considered himself lucky to A)still be in that game without getting tossed and B) to be in the presence of players like Cale Makar.

After a no call lead to the game winning goal I would be upset as well you don’t obviously understand the emotions these players go through…

@@mattreid8292 is that supposed to a reasonable answer for acting like a man child? You know you can still be a fan of your team without shamelessly defending all their actions

@@mattreid8292 Come on dude, no need to embarrass yourself.

@@sayhello2heaven_ I don’t like Tampa I’m a Boston and jets fan it was very disappointing season.

@@mattreid8292 The guy was holding the avs players stick and just got pulled over.

Good call says every tampa hater and bandwagon avs fan

Ya your right that's why we won the last two lol 😆

@@daltonsellers9411 "we", you're just a fan you fat simp. Go parade around in your little Stamkos jersey and shout. "WE WON 2 GUYS! I HAVE 3RD ROW SEATS SO THAT MAKES ME A PART OF THEIR TEAM!"

@@daltonsellers9411 The Tampa Tantrum Dynasty...

Biggest Karen’s of the league. JC the announcers were bitting your cock the whole series.

@@daltonsellers9411 Montreal 24-21-11 any other world they would have never been in playoffs ... lmfao

ya was he throwing it at him can't see that well

so he's abusing and assaulting someone, you know that's worse right.

And yet the bolts are still 2021 champs. Thats tuff

I thought this was cirelli but I was wrong. The league needs to step in and do something about that. I understand you’d be pissed if you lost the Stanley cup but hitting a ref from behind is not the answer. I hope gary batman actually does something about that. It sets a terrible precedent for young players.

Steven Stamkos also facing suspension for this… but he prob won’t be… he apologized 😂 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hL-ba6iVsuCdoJs.html

@@goalieman206 🏔Rockies Baseball ⚾️

@@jimbytarnish9698 And you are exactly why their is a reffing shortage at rinks across the country. No one wants to go to work where they're beaten up and abused just because of who they are. No one should harass anyone for doing their jobs. "It's a contact sport" Hockey is a contact sport but being a ref isn't. Don't touch the refs you ass hat.

@@jimbytarnish9698 Refs are off limits no matter how you slice it. Only a smol PP loser like Colton would stoop to that level.

Ouch. He should have called it anyway, and he'll probably won't get to be a part of a Stanley Cup final series again. He should have made up his mind and told Hedman...either held up the hand and called it, or said No, no...so he could move it quicker. I wasn't cheering for the Lightning, but it was bad officiating at the end of such an important game.

@@JoelER78 Or Hedman, could have skated to the puck as if the Stanley Cup was riding on HIS efforts, not an icing call. If you have to rely on the refs to win, you are going to lose. Ask Maroon if he would have liked EVERY penalty called and the appropriate punishment leveled. He'd of watched the rest of the game from the TB locker room.

Yes keep telling yourself that 🙄

@@ohbaby4life the better team did win...

When your getting your ass handed to you by a younger, faster, hungrier team you try to pull out all your veteran tricks to try to keep up. Didn’t work.

What? So interesting how so many people have so many varying degrees of opinion about a certain situation. Kind of crazy.

A healthy Lightning team win the series

that clown is one of the best players in nhl history....

@@ecoman351 I’m not saying he isn’t a good hockey player, he definitely is. But what he did is wrong.

​​@@ecoman351 you can still be the best and a clown at the same time. kuch is one of my favorite on the ice, but hes known to be a moody asshole. His teammates even say he's probably the most moody team mate when he first wakes up. lol dude just has a temper and the temper makes him look clownish.

@@ecoman351 still a clown

@@ecoman351 he's been in the league 10 years, calm down turbo.

Classless play by Tampa. Fines and suspensions should be handed out by the League office. They should have the Refs and Linesmen's backs.

Exactly! I thought Vegas was the team I hated the most, but after watching the last 3 Stanley Cup finals with Tampa, I definitely hate them a lot more. So happy the Avs won, hopefully we won't have to hear about Tampa's "dynasty" anymore after this 🙄

which is a pretty valid thing to get upset about, it’s potentially the last 10 seconds of the season and your best/second best skater NEEDS a stick

@@benjaminrei1319 yeah, that’s the way that I like to treat people in life too. I always find that it works out for me….

@@benjaminrei1319 not valid at all. Tampa just got by all series being a bunch of cry babies and it's nice to see them get pooped on.

@@N0va I find this funny after the fact that Colorado and the exact same thing last year. Nathan MacKinnon is the biggest crybaby in the league and gets away with everything. Lol so dont even bro. Still like the avs but The whole Fanbase is turning me off of them after this one.

@@brandondaamen9369 Cry harder salty Tampa "fan"! 😂🧂

the linesman was skating faster😂. he really has no excuse it was clear what he was doing

@@junioradult6219 OH what a poor comparison!!! 1) The linesman never battled in the previous games and wasn't tired. 2) The officials are not the same every game. Ofcourse he will be faster!

@@IvanIvanov-vy7pt Bottom line is Hedman tried to eke out an icing call & it bit him back because we all know he is much faster than he displayed in chasing down that puck.He took the risk & it never worked out.

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Probably still wanting the refs to review that Lehkonen goal, lol.

@@sebcharb7313 Colorado

I bet he was yelling “Number 2 bullsh*t!”

Nah he was yelling "ARE YOU KIDDIN ME!?!?!"

His Stanley cup was last round

He's just a baby

Wouldn’t you rather your leading scorer grab any stick at all down by only 1 in the SCF? Of all the times to throw a tantrum, that ain’t it

rather him just grab a random stick and atleast try

@@junioradult6219 probably some random stick is not with the right length, right blade etc. With 25sec left, with own customized stick, could still be maybe one potential change to score, so I totally understand the frustration.

@@ossimatiaskallio6312 so he should've eliminated himself from the game rather than grab another stick? Kucherov with the wrong stick is better than no Kucherov at all, if I was the coach, I would've told him "grab a random one or sit your ass down"

Tampa Bay fan here we don't cry we bring the thunder back and looking forward to get the cup back in 2023

@@calallen8786 In your dreams. Dynasty is over.

@@The_Falcon83 it not over until it actually over. Everyone said the same thing for years with Patriots until Brady went to Tampa

@@calallen8786 how? You guys can’t cheat the salary cap anymore.

@@calallen8786 I mean so far Tampa has 1 legitimate Stanley Cup and 2 covid cups. It seems like Tampa's players don't have the legs to play a full 82 game season AND 4 playoff series, much less play against teams that are outright better than them. Typically, when you play a team that has more skill than you, that's when Vasy bails them out. But CO was SO MUCH BETTER than Tampa, even the great Vasilevskiy couldn't save them. He's the only reason Tampa didn't get swept.

Yeah. I expect more people will spot this and talk about it soon. EDIT: Wasn’t kucherov that hit the ref

nah he threw his gloves in the bench, and if you look they're closing the left door. that was whoever got on the ice after he got off, not kuch.

That wasn't Kucherov. He was on the bench. I couldn't really tell who it was. I'm not even sure it was intentional.

Official was skating backwards wide of the boards, dman was waiting at the blue for a rush. This isn't anything that hasn't happened before. Official wasn't paying attention to his surroundings and skated in to a defending player. Oh, and I'm no Tampa fan, but that was Icing.

@@yellowtiger47 wrong. Hedman stopped skating. Judgement call for ref. Went against the Avs earlier.

The linesman had to make sure it was going to cross the line, and when he saw Hedman's stick close enough that he could have skated to the boards and played it, he waved it off. Honestly, had Hedman dogged it MORE, he probably gets the call.

To be fair that linesmen is a deer

Colorado YETI

Stick*NOT club.

I am not saying the calls are the only thing...but, Tampa fans may have issue with your second goal...(penalty call) They didn't play like 'shit' in the first and second period...but they did fade in the third period. There certainly can be multiple bad calls that can make or break a game (Colorado's 2nd goal).

@@JoelER78 I mean, they clearly showed on the replay multiple times that the ref didn't have his hand up at the time Tampa touched the puck. How anyone has an issue with that being a good goal is beyond me. I should have been more specific but Tampa played like shit in the entire series almost. They got TRASHED games one and two, Played better in the next couple but not up to their level of play that has gotten them their previous two cups and it's understandable. Three years in a row of going to the Finals will wear out the squad. They had a great run but they just didn't look like themselves throughout this series.

@@DannyPhantom992 You mean the linesman didn't have his hand up...no, maybe, he didn't, but, it was assumed after the puck crossed the red line that it'd be called icing...just like so many other NHL games during the season where the exact same thing happened. The NHL should make sure that linesmen are more consistent throughout the year, then maybe Hedman would've reacted differently... As to your issue with Tampa's play...well I'd argue they beat some pretty darned good teams to get to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Did you watch how they got there? They showed how banged up a lot of the players were...that could be a big reason why. But, I'd argue that they held in there in game 1. Obviously you are right for game 2. And, everyone has issues with how they played in the last game...but, I think they were competitive until the 3rd period (which is strange). They lost too much momentum? Colorado could smell the Cup? I don't know. Anyway, it is was it is, and I wouldn't count them out from being a strong team next year.

No. He's just an introvert.

Yeah, I saw that. That is suspension material right there.

Bitchass Ross Colton didn't do shit all playoffs except throw up that weak 2-1 hand gesture. Real class act

It was Ross Colton.

There were a few suspension worthy plays from Tampa this game… including this one, which he actually is facing a suspension for. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hL-ba6iVsuCdoJs.html

@JimbyTarnish it’s also their captains job not to act like a sore loser crybaby, but because of this he is facing suspension. He wasn’t just giving the puck to the ref for the next face off, he shot it right at him. Don’t like it? Take it up with rule 40.4

Kitxherov has that Russian temper. Not:a:fan

@@georgebrennan2576 Would you think Kucherov would have sticks available. I get a feeling the equipment manager will probably be fired. Avs also have a Russian player - Nichushkin I have never seen him angry about anything.

@@marie2274 he was in invisible on ice often....I know he scores goals..but just kind of invisible.

@georgebrennan2576 Kucherov or Nichushkin? In this game Nichushkin was playing on a broken foot.

Avs fans will be nowhere to be found next year when they dont have khadri to carry them through their easy playoffs.

I thought I was the only one who thinks kucherov is a bitch. All he does is cry.

👊

He's very sly for being a Norris candidate.. Sight from Russia..

Dude, how many 7 game series have You Ever played?

@@IvanIvanov-vy7pt I was being sarcastic. He was clearly slow skating it to get the icing. Can't fault him for trying but the ref knew better.

Ref is gliding as Hedman is in stride. Suck it sore losers

@@IvanIvanov-vy7pt How does it feel to COMPLETELY miss the entire point of a comment?

Definitely have to be Toronto Leafs fan cry some more

@@ohbaby4life No man...I'm the guy who cheers for the PILLAR organization of the N.H.L. - you know .. the club that has 24 Cups? Want to take another guess, Lurch?

@@jonathanlegthigh8264 Seattle Kraken!!

cheating? how exactly did they cheat, or do they 'cheat' anymore than any other team? Oh, wait....you are going to bring up that salary cap issue thing from last year, right? (or was it from 2 years ago?) That's not cheating because a lot of teams are over the salary cap in the playoffs!

@@JoelER78 LOL your attempt to excuse TBay's BOLD AND SHAMELESS CHEATING would be laughable if it wasn't pathetic. Come on, bro .. just admit it .. they LTIR'd their little way to Cup glory. BTW, Montreal didn't cheat. In fact, I think they were in way UNDER the cap. So basically what you're saying is that Montreal, even if like Tbay they had the space to add 2-3 more stars, wouldn't have been any better. Baloney. Just stop.

Wasn’t just some player that shot the puck at the ref, it was their ‘captain.’ Also, I could be mistaken but I thought it was Helm that got smashed.. Either way, here it is. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hL-ba6iVsuCdoJs.html

I lost all respect after they shat on habs fans for winning a game especially kucherov

I agree,all 3 of them !

Looked to me like most of the crowd respectfully stayed for the ceremony and politely applauded the winners. Don't paint a whole fanbase with the Internet whining of a few bandwagoneers, says this 30-year Bolt fan.

You’re the best player on your team, your season ends in 20 seconds if you don’t do something… so instead of grabbing ANY stick or just go all out without one, you decide the best course of action is to throw a tantrum and quit when your team needs you the most? I see why they lost, bunch of babies

Bwahahahahahaha let's see that on a shirt!!!

Well said Kevin. With Pucharov acting like a spoiled brat, the equipment staff should have thrown him a diaper.

grab a random stick dont throw a temper tantrum like a 5 year old😂

@@oparazzi53 He can do whatever he wants. People get worked up and have to give their opinions on every single thing.

headman i believe. the one who was chasing the puck at the no icing second earlier

@@park1699 Nope, Colton coming from the bench. Hedman was carrying the puck into off. zone so he was behind the play.

Ross Colton, #79.

my bad all. thx for correcting me about colton and not headman that hit the ref

@@park1699 it's not 77, it's someone else because Hedman ends up further up the ice when the horn sounds