NHL takes its time to make right call

0 Comments | USA TODAY, June, 2006 | by Kevin Allen

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The NHL showed it will delay as long as necessary when it comes to using video review to make the correct call on a disputed goal.

With 4.1 seconds left in the first period Monday, a shot by Craig Adams was stopped by Edmonton Oilers goalie Jussi Markkanen and the puck caromed into the air and seemed to drop right on the goal line. There was a scramble in the goal crease, and it appeared there might be grounds for the awarding of a penalty shot because the puck might have been gloved in the crease by an Edmonton player.

After a lengthy delay of several minutes, a penalty was called on Ethan Moreau for high sticking behind the play, well before the messiness in the crease.

The video replay seemed to be inconclusive about whether the puck ever...