I watched this game live. Honestly, the most biased officiating I have ever seen in all the years I have watched hockey. A testament to the Canadians that they still won.

It really was an absolutely disgusting display of biased refereeing. The ref who did this will never live it down. It was sickening.

If it wasn't for the ref that game would have been ten nothing. The US had more pp time than even strength. Every time the game was 5 on 5 Canada completely dominated play.

I still remember Hayley Wickenheiser's fiery speech after the game. How the officiating was so obviously atrocious and that the Americans laid our flag on their dressing room floor. But our Canadian ladies still won!

Fantastic, I'm only 50% Canadian (my father's side), but when we beat the Yanks in both the men and women's games, I felt as Canadian as anyone.

I think the ref got banned from reffing

Oh well we won anyway.

wtf if ur making a video titled "worst Reffing in history" then ur suppose to put in the worst reffing part not the highlights of the game

its a fine line between incompetence and outright cheating...this is a tough one...cheating as in 1972 basketball or incompetence as in 2012 women's soccer, this hockey ref is a little of both, definitely incompetent and perhaps overwhelmed by the situation. .perhaps an NHL referee should have been used ,luckily the team being cheated won

I certainly remember watching that game and the American ref who did everything in her power to help USA win on their home turf. As a long time hockey fan Ive seen more than my fair share of biased officiating in international hockey but nothing like that game. 11 penalties called against Canada 8 successive powerplays in a row including two 5 on 3's

I remember Pat Quinn saying this game was the best coaching he’d seen in his life - Danièle Sauvageau did an incredible job in setting the calm, focused tone for her players to play off of.

And it was thanks to these Canadian ladies that their first ever Olympic win,inspired our Canadian boys to tear it up on the ice as well. :)

while i dont agree with alot of the comments made here. i also dont agree with most of the penalties called in that game. like that tripping call near the start of the video, that was just blatant blindness. and alot of the other penalties i couldnt hardly see in the video, but i watched it on the day it aired. I am an objective american. The canadian womens team were just better that year. Regardless of all the penalties forced on them.

This video was a complete waste of time. One questionable tripping call. That's all it shows.

Yay Finlandwas 3rd

As an American, the refs killed this game. Ironically, what did the game justice was Canada winning.

I remember this game, they called an offside when a Canadian picked up the puck in the neutral zone and skated in on a break away, I just laughed out loud

A hahahahaa some American paid the ref to call stupid calls. That's what America needs to win. They can't win on their own

I've been a referee for 11 years, and that was THE WORST officiating ever. The ref made it WAY to odvious who she wanted to win that game...

This U.S. team in that game decided to draw upon the almighty soccer gods and while invoking Das Boot, screamed DIVE DIVE DIVE at every opportunity. And it almost worked. A young Julie Chiu saw this happening and decided that it was far better to play with class and be awesome and lose than try and embarrass the refs any time anyone got near them, Guess who got one of the biggest cheers during the medal presentations in Vancouver.

I have dual citizenship so I like both sides (but canadas better at hockey)

I watched this game live with some buddies and we were all infuriated by the refereeing in this game. It still upsets me some even to this day whenever it happens to come to mind. The Canadian women were shorthanded for practically half the game it seemed. Who the hell were the IDIOTS that decided to allow a U.S. referee to officiate this game, and why wasn't she replaced after the first period when it became so apparent that she was doing everything she could to help the U.S. team win? Absolutely ludicrous, and hopefully nothing like that will ever be allowed to happen again. Justifiably the Canadian women won in spite of it all. I don't know what happened to that U.S. bitch but I hope she was banned from refereeing ever again. The referee was on the U.S. teams side, but GOD was on the Canadian teams side eh.

It was Canada vs Stacey Livingston. I watched it live and then CBC replayed the game at midnight. Still as sweet watching it the second time. And Stacey Livingston? She's now the Supervisor of Officials for the Women's WC and the Olympics.

Man seeing this brings back memories, I used to watch this dvd all the time as a kid

Change the title, its pretty much click bait!

You can tell the ref is amarican

The bottom line is that you'd have to be blind or in denial not to realize what was going on with the referring in that game. As an American, it was embarrassing to watch. We don't need refs like this in sports, and with wins both before & after that game shows the American woman's hockey team sure doesn't need the refs help to win.

We aren't Yanks. It isn't the fuckin 1700's anymore and I don't think there are a lot of us who currently play baseball for the New York Yankees. If you want to continue to generalize a whole country based on what some of our people did, then I hope you don't mind me calling you all maple-syrup drinkin canooks eh? It's a hockey game. Calm the fuck down.

Man... I was only 3 years old when this was played, but the Ref's favouritism infuriates me as a hockey player who has played in high school and had things like this bullshit called against us becuase the Ref was alumni to the other team

don't blame the american team. the ref probably had a bet on the american team.

I remember that game...correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there were 8 or 10 straight penalties against the Canadian women's team. There were 2 or 3 instances they were 2 women short. That ref was pressured/paid off to give many penalties to the Canadians.

i've been getting cashiers and receptionists everywhere to hide Olympic quarters in their workplace, planting them as good luck charms for when my hometown hosts in February

I was ABSOLUTLEY losing my mind! watching that game! I LOVE CANADA!!

If only she said "Eh" after saying "take off" 3:47.

Who remembers getting this DVD in their Cheerios box?

I remember it well. The ref was horrible. Twenty -one years later I still remembered the ref's name: Stacy Livingstone.

lol only time ull see murica winning against canda

it wasn't bad refereing..it was just Biased..

i always loved playing hockey as a kid and taking shots at the refs when we won and they tried really hard to prevent it " well i guess your team just sucked to hard, we still won though, nice try " was my favourite

Worst reffing was yesterday at the Olympics in CAN-FIN. There was canadian referees...

You girls made the WHOLE country so proud! Especially, given the "homey" ref!! You girls STILL overcame, and won with poise! So proud of you all!

Yup. I saw that as well. They can't stand it when we win.

I have to wonder if there was any kind of investigation into what had to be the most incompetent reffing in hockey history. She was worse than the east German guy in 1972.

...it's true...the peace thing. I live in a small community in saskatchewan. when i first moved to canada the city was so nice. not much crime. but when the city grew in the last 10 years all of a sudden this city has highest crime per capita. And there's many places i would have trusted 10 years ago that i no longer trust now.

And my last topic..I play triple A here in Ontario and we have NEVER lost to an american team at a tournament. I think we're something like 15-0 against American teams. (I've only been with the team for 1 year.)

There could be a part 2 of this video for the 2018 Olympic gold medal game in South Korea. Because that was another horrible game called by the refs.

@TheSportsfan102 Excuse me. The sport I really meant was "Curling" which is basically Shuffleboard to us Americans. Sorry for the error.

i watched the game & the ref totally ruined that game, even with all the cheating by the ref, the usa still lost, if i was american player the ref would of pissed me off probably would of hit her she just made them look foolish, what an embarressment, thats worse than badminton in asia

I remember watching that game. That was some atrocious officiating. I know it's only women's hockey, but it was still nice to see Canada win.

One of my favourite hockey games ever. Jayna Heffords goal was epic!!

did canada win the tournament?? i hope so but i also think teh reffing was kinda bad cause i had a hockey game today and someone tripped me and my stick went flying an tripped someone and then i was called for retaliation when he wasn't even called for tripping

I agree, Canada played great despite stupid refereeing job. Next time in Vancouver, hope they will allow bodychecks just to see our girls start the game vs. the USA with a huge hit and pump the crowd up (like in 2006). Canada's women team make Team USA and the refs look shite any day!

Chris Lee: Hold My Whistle

Even when the refs try to screw us over we still overcome it and win! How awesome Canada is!

Canada has 1/10th the population of usa too! That means the usa should have 10 times better of a team and should score 10 goals for every 1 that we do, but they dont...Canada rocks!

Wow... thats horrible... if an NHL Ref did that, he'd be fired the next day, garunteed. Poor gals. Whatever they won, and we know it.

In the 02 womens game the penalty minutes were 26-8. I think the title of worst reffing ever belongs to the 1972 summit series, game 6. The west german ref called 31 pim against Canada to the Soviets 4.

Kinda pathetic that the US, got all those power play's And they still lost

This was single worst officiated and clearly biased job of reffing in the history of hockey. And the Canadian girls still won.

This has to be a joke. Not only does Canada dominate the sport, it is legitimately our official winter sport.

I heard the ref wanted to give every Canadian player two mintutes for winning

4:18 Nice save... of a shot that had missed the goal...

probably... Definatly! im Canadian but i have no problem with America, same with most Canadians.

Cody Pope aren't you in Devils All Day All Night on Facebook?

The refs were the worst in the recent NHL playoffs. All they did was help the Canadian teams cause they can't play worth a shit. Sharks vs. Edmonton and then Calgary was horrific. Dallas vs Vancouver was a joke too.

You know what's funny? On ESPN during the strike, the poll asked if you would miss hockey if it were gone forever. All 50 states said the wouldn't miss it. So we should get out of hockey and give Canada at least one thing they can be good at........how the hell did I get here to women's hockey?

The first period of the womens finals in Pyeongchang just wrapped up... Feels like total fucking deja vu... What a load of shit.

GO GIRLS,thanks for the gold.

watched the game American reff, the box filled with canadians ALL game, it was exactly what it looked like. and we still won. Hope she never reffed another game.

@Potts132 A Nationalist? For the "Red, White and Blue"? Known to all of us as the "U.S.A."? I love that!

The ref probably wanted the USA to win GO CANADA GO

I was about to get angry, but then i realized it's women's hockey.....

This was Sunday School compared to the four games in Moscow during the 72 Summit Series!!!

Don Koharski and Kerry Fraser have reffed just as poorly and have been just as biased. 1993 NHL Playoffs come to mind.

So true, one of the best I've ever heard.

All 3 goals the Canadian got was from even strength. The American got both goals from power plays. If this game had a fair referee the scores could've been 3 - 0 for Canada.

hockey is played all over the world. Though the other leagues aren't at a high level like the NHL, they're still not bad at all. There are rarely any competitive or noteworthy football leagues, basketball leagues or baseball leagues outside of NA

Women: Win game, still complain about unfairness.

Can't argue with the facts!

As an American, I say that the Canadians more than deserved that win. The terrible reffing was so blatant. But it is a shame people posting here has to say that America sucks because of something like this. You're no better than the ref in this case.

Blatant cheating.

@hampzuz That's SO BS!! Usually our refs are, if ANYTHING, "congenial". BUT THAT game was played in the STATES! NOT Canada! As Female hockey players, we appreciate, AND respect the European game.! No difference. With the women's game, the only difference is, it that in Canada, we have a WAY bigger participation rate! Can you imagine if the Russians "got on board"?? My city:75,000. Womens league=300. Girls league:250. Girls playing in "boys" leagues? 30-ish?

A really terrible display of attempted cheating knowing her "American" team will get beaten if she doesn't handicap our team. Looked terrible on her for making such a ridiculous example of her own arrogance. However I was proud to see my fellow Canadians only pick up her own shortcomings and not directing anger or disrespect to out American counterparts! It was a great final between all 4 Canadian and American teams!

@TheSportsfan102 And let me guess. The American Women Gymnasts would be "The Bull Sharks"? LOL. But on a serious note, the only reason why U.S. Women's Gymnastics has really excelled since Mary Lou Retton was because of our Coach Bela Karolyi. Bela Karolyi was the actual Romanian Coach when Nadia Commaneci won those Gold Medals. And Nadia would never go anywhere without him, she wouldn't let anyone else coach her! Now that he's retired, His Wife has taken over, and she's carrying on.

@ jt094 I totally agree with you on this. The second goal for the Americans shouldn't have gone in. The Canadian goalie, Kim St. Pierre should have been out challenging the puck

Does anyone have Hayley Wickenheiser's post game interview from this game.

it wasnt that the ref didnt know what she was calling , it was that she was calling all the penaltys for canada

@SelfAccountable oh and just to be super clear, not all women go to american colleges. And it's not pathetic, we created it, we're the best at it, and have put out the best players, regardless of gender or where they were trained, and i don't think you can argue the latter.

Oh and another thing about American and NHL hockey. The reason why american teams win is because of the ratio of american teams vs canadian teams in the NHL. Most of the top players in the NHL and the world are canadian

At least we won, that's a good way to stick it to the refs!

@crazyperson3245: "hampzuz" talks bitter towards Canada but at least we walked away with a silver medal last year. I wouldn't be surprised if they blamed Canada because Sweden lost to Russia in that semi final game. Robin Lehner (Swedish goalie) actually went as far as blaming Canada for a Russian goal that was scored because of what he thought was a miscall by a linesman. I'd also like to point out that that linesman was American.

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What a save at 421 wow and by the way that ref made a lot of bad calls in that game especially the tripping...incredible.

every american goal was on the powerplay due to this fucktastic reffing and we still win. hahaha.

The worst Reffing that I remember seeing in my Lifetime was Game 6 of the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals between the Islanders and Flyers where the Officials even admitted after the Game was over that 2 of the Islanders Goals should not have been allowed. Also the 1987 Canada Cup Finals between the Soviet Union and Canada to me and many other People the Officiating was obviously biased AGAINST the Soviet Union Team!

i was watching that game in my basement and i swore so many time cuz of those penalties but we still won!

This was one of the sweetest gold medal games that I ever watched at this time. I know there are future games now that are even better. But gold is always the best no matter how you win it for your country.

I remember this game, the officiating was a joke. America needs to cheat to win, that'll be their legacy from now on. And they wonder why they have a bad reputation! (haha!!)

Sorry, you young folks don't know this is not the worst reffing in history, im young but my dad told me everything that happened in 1972. My dad was in moscow luzhniki ice palace during game 8, the soviets picked one of the biased referee clearly to call penalties after penalties of team canada, During few minutes soviets are already on the power play canada down 2 guys mahovlich. My dads mom had a ticket to go but she stayed here in canada where it was safe

USA holds the record for all gold medal victory in all time last time poll taking jan 3,2013 8,109