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Oilers coaches looked up at the video replay... in disgust they criticize the refs after at blown call on alleged hand pass. This disallowed tying goal with seconds left in the game !
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Updated: Nov. 3, 2006 at 10:22 PM MST
Oilers lose after controversial call
Phantom hand pass call denies tying goal as Oilers fall to Stars 3-2

by Marc Ciampa
www.edmontonoilers.com
The Edmonton Oilers were denied the tying goal after a phantom hand pass call in the final seconds whistled the play down. Dallas went on to a 3-2 win Friday night at Rexall Place. Ryan Smyth and Petr Sykora scored for Edmonton in a losing cause.
After Petr Sykora scored with 1:25 left in the game to make it 3-2, the Oilers continued to pour on the pressure. With about ten seconds left, Shawn Horcoff won the draw straight back to Jarret Stoll. Stoll's slapper was stopped by Stars starting netminder Marty Turco but Ales Hemsky swooped in to put home the rebound. It looked as if the Oilers had tied the game but referee Mick McGeough whistled it down, saying that Horcoff had fed a hand pass to Stoll. Replays later showed that Horcoff clearly moved the puck with his stick off the draw which sent the Rexall Place fans into riot mode."It was a blown call on my part," McGeough said after the game. "It was poor judgment on my part. I thought he had his hand on the puck on the faceoff but it was his stick. My judgment was poor on the play."Shawn Horcoff was surprised that the play was whistled down."I couldn't believe when he said it was me," Horcoff said after the game. "It was a clean (faceoff) win. That's a tough call to make from his position on the ice."Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish was visibly upset after the game as a result of the controversial play. "He makes some call from deep in the corner, the linesman is right there on top of it. You'd think if Horcoff hit it with his glove the linesman would have saw it," said MacTavish.
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