CAPITALS PREVAIL, CANES NOT HAPPY
CAROLINA 
After a hard fought battle, the Carolina Hurricanes left the arena with a bit of a bad taste in their mouths.
"I am not a big believer in being pissy with the refs, but this hard to be one of the most irritating games I have ever played,” said assistant captain Jay McKee. “This Capital team should be wearing speedos instead of jocks the way they play. Every time we went to hit them, they turned their backs and then laid on the ice like the got hit by a semi.”
The Canes were assessed 3 boarding calls, all of which were on simple hits where Captial players turned their backs in order to receive the hit. On one play, Jeff Friesen was also called for goaltender interference after netminder Tommy Salo practically did a back flip when Friesen was about 3 feet from the crease. Head coach Joel Quenneville had this to say.
“Some teams try and take advantage of whatever they can. I cannot say I am impressed by their play and frankly, I find their style embarrassing. We lost the game, I accept that, but when every shift there is a stoppage from one of their players laying on the ice it gets a bit tiring and really takes any emotion out of the game. We got called for chargings and boardings that in my opinion, were phantom calls but I guess the refs felt bad for the Caps tonight. I don’t recall a shift where I saw all Capital players on the ice fully upright.”
Kris Draper alone was assessed two boarding calls.
“On one hit I went in to take the puck from Boris Mironov and at the last second he turned. Next thing I know he’s on the ground, writhing around like I stabbed him in the eye. I looked at the ref and thought ‘you gotta be kidding me’ but I got the call. As soon as I did, sure enough, Boris got up and was smiling. I’ll move on but next time, if he is going to lay on the ice like that, I’ll give him a reason.”
Canes are off tonight but resume the following day.
After a hard fought battle, the Carolina Hurricanes left the arena with a bit of a bad taste in their mouths.
"I am not a big believer in being pissy with the refs, but this hard to be one of the most irritating games I have ever played,” said assistant captain Jay McKee. “This Capital team should be wearing speedos instead of jocks the way they play. Every time we went to hit them, they turned their backs and then laid on the ice like the got hit by a semi.”
The Canes were assessed 3 boarding calls, all of which were on simple hits where Captial players turned their backs in order to receive the hit. On one play, Jeff Friesen was also called for goaltender interference after netminder Tommy Salo practically did a back flip when Friesen was about 3 feet from the crease. Head coach Joel Quenneville had this to say.“Some teams try and take advantage of whatever they can. I cannot say I am impressed by their play and frankly, I find their style embarrassing. We lost the game, I accept that, but when every shift there is a stoppage from one of their players laying on the ice it gets a bit tiring and really takes any emotion out of the game. We got called for chargings and boardings that in my opinion, were phantom calls but I guess the refs felt bad for the Caps tonight. I don’t recall a shift where I saw all Capital players on the ice fully upright.”
Kris Draper alone was assessed two boarding calls.
“On one hit I went in to take the puck from Boris Mironov and at the last second he turned. Next thing I know he’s on the ground, writhing around like I stabbed him in the eye. I looked at the ref and thought ‘you gotta be kidding me’ but I got the call. As soon as I did, sure enough, Boris got up and was smiling. I’ll move on but next time, if he is going to lay on the ice like that, I’ll give him a reason.”
Canes are off tonight but resume the following day.
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