Canada blames their Gold Medal game loss to poor officiating
Chabot, Canada's captain, was called for a soft penalty in overtime. Chabot was upset with how the Canadians' tournament ended.
"Yeah for sure," said Chabot. "Obviously the way it ends it's unfortunate, it's not something you want to see."
Chabot, on the other hand, didn't hold back when asked about the contentious overtime call. The veteran NHL defenseman effectively accused Finnish forward Hannes Bjorninen of diving, while also admitting that he didn't help his own cause.
"I mean, I think it's pretty obvious that the guy, he clearly threw himself, but I mean at the end of the day my stick was in there and I put myself in that position. It's a hockey call, everything happens quick, but obviously I think everybody can agree it was a bit of a dive I think."
Pierre Luc Dubois was perhaps even more frustrated than Chabot, and he didn't hold back.
"It sucks, I mean.... it sucks, to lose in overtime of a game on a penalty that's... it sucks," said Dubois
"I mean you work so hard and for it to be decided like that it sucks," he said again shaking his head. "You know when we come to these tournaments it's different rules but at some point it's frustrating. You don't even know the rulebook anymore."
"To put that much effort and then for that to happen in overtime of a Gold Medal game... yeah," said Dubois
"You can argue the OT call, that was the referee's judgement, but the high-sticking call that put Finland on the 5 on 3 in the third period was indisputably wrong," said Gord Miller on Sunday. "Maybe time to look at expanding the coach's challenge to include incidents where something clearly didn't happen."
Credit: HF
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