Paul Maurice Absolutely Loses it Over Controversial Playoff Call
There's been a lot of controversy surrounding the officiating since the playoffs started.
Yesterday, during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Golden Knights and the Panthers, a clip of Paul Maurice, Florida's head coach, went viral after an outburst following one of the worst calls of the playoffs.
Bad Call by the Refs
With only 11 seconds left to the third period, after Matthew Tkachuk tied the game, Gustav Forsling got a tripping penalty after Chandler Stephenson fell on Forsling's skate.
Stephenson fell on his own. There shouldn't have been a penalty called on the play.
Here's the sequence:
Paul Maurice Loses It
When the period ended, Maurice got up on his bench and screamed at the referees:
Paul Maurice to referee Dan O'Rourke at the end of regulation: "There's no f***ing trip! There's no trip!"
He was obviously not happy with the call and shared his dissatisfaction with the referee who took the decision.
It's not very surprising. Officiating's been uneven since the first round and nothing changed since then.
Let's hope the refs will do better for the rest of the Finals.
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Paul Maurice loses his mind over one of the worst calls of the playoffs
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