Terrible Coaching in Flyers/Pens game....

SportSavant · Mar 14, 2004

correct me if I am wrong but In OT the Flyers have 1 point locked up win or lose, now they are battling for first in east as well as Presidents Trophy so each point is super valuable....

Conceding a point to Pitt Means nothing as they will not make the Playoffs...

Flyers should have taken all the stops & pulled their goalie in OT...why not go for the point & who cares about giving Pitt an extra point? Flyers had a Power Play in OT & could have turned it into a 5-3...

Can anybody argue this? Even if they didnt pull their goalie on the power play they should have in last minute of OT...

Ken Hitchcock, go eat another fvcking donut...

VegasVic · Mar 14, 2004

Savant,
I heard something the other day but couldn't quite catch it all regarding pulling the goalie in OT. What I believe I heard was that if you do pull him in OT and you lose, you forfeit the one point you already earned for reaching the OT. Have you ever heard about this or did I misunderstand something else the announcer was trying to say?

VegasVic · Mar 14, 2004

In addition:
I don't believe I've ever seen them pull a goalie during a regular season overtime.(or post season for that matter) But after doing a bit of research I found a game on 4/7/00 where Edmonton did just that against Vancouver, lost, and was eliminated from the playoffs with the loss. I don't know if they forfeited the point but obviously it wasn't of any importance anyway as a win was their only chance of continuing their post season hopes.

VegasVic · Mar 14, 2004

Okay I found it....
Note 5: A team shall be allowed to pull its goalkeeper in favor of an additional skater in the overtime period. However, should that team lose the game during the time in which the goalkeeper has been removed, it would forfeit the automatic point gained in the tie at the end of regulation play, except if the goalkeeper has been removed at the call of a delayed penalty against the other team.

BlackampGold · Mar 14, 2004

They were talking about this during the broadcast in Pittsburgh today guys.

These birds have wings that work all of a sudden!

SportSavant · Mar 14, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Okay I found it....
Note 5: A team shall be allowed to pull its goalkeeper in favor of an additional skater in the overtime period. However, should that team lose the game during the time in which the goalkeeper has been removed, it would forfeit the automatic point gained in the tie at the end of regulation play, except if the goalkeeper has been removed at the call of a delayed penalty against the other team. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

i did not know that!!!!!

I have seen goaltenders pull their goaile in Regular season OT before however near the end of the season if the one point was of no help to them...