There was certainly much to discuss following Team Canada's pounding of Germany 16-2 on the second day of games at the World Junior Hockey Championship. One of the strangest moments came at the end of the first period when Canada's Peyton Krebs appeared to beat the buzzer to put Canada up 4-1 in the game. On the replay by TSN, it was clear the puck did not cross the line, or even hit it for that matter, before the clock hit 0.0 seconds. However, after review it was called a good goal.
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The official explanation from the International Ice Hockey Federation is a 0.2 second delay between its clock and TSN's. The IIHF's clock was used to judge the goal and therefore the call on the ice would stand. However, that will not be the case going forward.
"Just in from the IIHF: the game clock being used for video review in the Canada/Germany game was delayed by .2 seconds. From now on, the TSN video/clock feed will be used," said TSN's Gord MIller.
It appears that any discretion between the two going forward will be corrected by going with TSN's clock. The IIHF also released a statement on the review:
" Following the video review of Canada's fourth goal against Germany at the end of the first period during their preliminary round game on 26 December, a discrepancy was identified between the game clock and the overhead goal clock of one tenth of a second. Based on the information that the video goal judge had at the time and the referee's call on the ice., the decision was to award the goal to Canada.*
"After consultation with all involved parties it was determined that there was a technical miscommunication involving the game and overhead goal clock systems. The IIHF has corrected the issue to ensure proper timing is coordinated in all further reviews. This situation has now been resolved and the IIHF does not anticipate any further issues."
While the goal wouldn't really matter in the end as Canada walked all over Germany, one does have to wonder why the two clocks aren't synced to begin with. Tenths of a second can be the difference between winning and losing a hockey game in a closer match. Hopefully the issue has been cleared up and won't cause any problems going forward.
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