San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic in discussing an icing call that wasn’t whistled by the officials and led to a critical Colorado Avalanche goal in their 4-3 win in Game 2 on Sunday.
“I’ll take the high road and wait for the league’s apology tomorrow,” Vlasic said.
So it wasn’t the right call?
Was that icing on the Barrie goal?
Vlasic: “It was the right call.”
Q: It was the right call?
“Absolutely. I’ll take the high road and wait for the league’s apology tomorrow.”
— Kevin Kurz (@KKurzNHL) April 29, 2019
Late in the second period, Vlasic appeared to beat Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen to the puck after Colorado blue-liner Nikita Zadorov dumped it into the Sharks’ zone from his own end. Tyson Barrie scored moments later to give the Avalanche the lead.
Tyson *ahem* BARRIES IT.#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/DomxXALdkF
— x- Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) April 29, 2019
San Jose head coach Peter DeBoer believes there’s something his club can learn from the play.
“Whether I thought it was (icing) or not doesn’t matter; our players did,” the bench boss said. “They let up. They relaxed for a minute. It obviously wasn’t. I guess the lesson in that is don’t assume anything in the playoffs. Play, and make sure.”
The Avalanche ultimately prevailed 4-3 to even the series at one game apiece.
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