Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in an Olympic women’s hockey game that featured a controversial third-period goal — and the Americans were quick to share their thoughts on why it was allowed to stand despite a referee’s whistle.
“We thought we heard a whistle before the puck went in the net,” U.S. captain Meghan Duggan told Kevin Allen of USA Today Sports. “They celebrated before the light went on, and the ref made a decision. … If we play them again, we just have to fine-tune some things.”
U.S. teammate Hilary Knight shared a similar sentiment, citing the amount of time the team spent in the penalty box as one of their major problems.
“We had a bunch of penalties, and that didn’t help,” she told Allen.
Within minutes of the controversial goal, people took to Twitter to air their grievances.
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The Indianapolis Star‘s Bob Kravitz is in Sochi and tried to use Twitter to sort through the confusion surrounding the goal.
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Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post tweeted what everyone watching the game realized as soon as replay confirmed the goal as good.
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While a rematch between Canada and the U.S. in the gold medal game seems inevitable, there won’t be any shortage of debate about their first meeting and the winning goal.
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