IIRC; it's a penalty shot for deliberately dislodging the net during the final two minutes of a game or during OT. *shrug*
not if the game is being played in montreal and the habs do the dislodging! and that is what PK recognized, and smartly took advantage of.
You have to decide it was deliberate. It seems the ref did not even see it, but generally they look at the possibility of a scoring chance at that time and if it would make sense for a player to want to dislodge the net. When the net was knocked off the moorings, there was no immediate threat to score. So the intent would have been hard as well.
Michael
The Key word in the rule is deliberate.
TSN has an article by Kerry Fraser advising nobody would have made that call as far as he's concerned as there is evidence it wasn't deliberant.
Truth is - I watch as much hockey as anyone I know - and I
rarely see this called in the Regular season. It has to be clear as day deliberate. In this case, its not clear. Bruins fans may disagree, but what do you expect? If it was any team in that situation there fans would complain. Also - Since its very rarely called in the regular season, why should the playoffs be any different?
Example - Its not like a defending team clearing a puck over the glass causing a delay of game penalty. That rule doesn't state "Deliberate" in its vocabulary used, so its called everytime. (minus the exceptions, deflections, hit glass first, etc) The lodging of the net is a Ref's call, and 19/20 times it isn't going to be called.
I don't call out Teams Fans very often because its silly. But everytime Boston plays Montreal, excuses seem to come flying if they lose. I will admit this series hasn't had much of that though, which makes things better.
Oh - For fun