The referees give the best performance if they are not talked about after the match. This was certainly not the case with the Swedish duo Mikael Nord and Linus Ohlund, who were whistling for gold in Tampere.
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Photo: SITA/PA, Martin Meissner
Disappointed Canadian hockey players after the final loss.
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Canadian fans on social networks and hockey players after the match expressed great disappointment at the performance of the refereeing pair.
The storm of reluctance was caused mainly by a two-minute penalty for defender Thomas Chabot in overtime, after which he scored the decisive goal of the championship Sakari Manninen.
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Among the players who expressed frustration was Winnipeg Jets striker Pierre-Luc Dubois, who was one of the tournament’s top gunners with seven goals.
“Do you work very hard and make that decision? It’s useless, “Dubois told TSN.” When you come to these tournaments, there are different rules than in the NHL, but at some point you don’t even know them. “
The author of the key foul Chabot shared his disappointment with the result after the meeting. He noted that he felt that the fouled Björninen had filmed the fall.
However, this was not the only controversial verdict of the referees. At the beginning of the third period, striker Cole Sillinger was wrongly eliminated for Canada for a high stick.
Repeated shots confirmed that the Finn hit his face with his own hockey stick after Sillinger tapped him.
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During the championship, it happened several times that the referees withdrew their erroneous assessment of the penalty after following the record.
This time it did not happen, from the subsequent game 5 against 3 the home team equalized and shortly afterwards in the game 5 against 4 they increased to 2: 1. Sillinger’s unauthorized expulsion started the home team and significantly affected the course of the final duel.
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