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Rangers 2, Sabres 2...no wait...1
posted by Marc on May 2, 2007 @ 4:38PM

Who saw the game or at least the replay of Game 4 last night? If not, here's the video:

So which is it? Goal or no goal.

GJ said 9 minutes later

I saw it. Goal. If they stopped worrying about "can we see it" and instead figure out angles and velocity, the goal becomes obvious.
Marc said about 4 hours later

After seeing it several times I agree it's a goal. They even asked the Rangers goalie if it was a goal and he said, "it was close," which after passing that through the goalie translator comes out as "yea it was a goal, but I'm not telling you."
Steve said about 6 hours later

Goal, no doubt about it. But then again, so was the "kicking" goal by the Ranger's player either in that game, or one of the others in that series. The guy never made a kicking motion, the puck just happened to bounce off his skate.
GJ said about 17 hours later

Yes, the kicking goal (from previous game) was a goal too. Both blown calls.
Eric said 5 days later

Very hard to tell from this video. I wish I had seen it on TV. My first inclination was GOAL, but I can't tell for sure.
GJ said 8 days later

That's the other thing funny about this goal--usually, they have more than one angle to show. For this goal, all they had was this particular angle, in which you really cannot see the puck cross the goal line. Technically, if this is what the ref had to go on, it's a no goal...even though it WAS a goal. ;)
GJ said 8 days later

It doesn't hurt that I've played goal for so long, and have encountered this situation before. It's nearly impossible to stop this kind of shot unless the player shoots it too early and the angle to too shallow. When I saw it from the broadcast angle (before the replay) I was sure it was a goal...but the puck wasn't in the net?!?!? Turns out the shot was a bit early, and the goalie might have gotten a piece of it. Based on what I saw in the replay, I don't think he got there in time.

As it was, it should have been the "save of the series" and turned momentum in favor of the Rangers. Instead, it became a rallying point for Buffalo and they proceeded to close out the Rangers at home.

Maybe you're not dead yet...
posted by GJ on May 2, 2007 @ 12:16PM

This story is way more than just interesting.

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A bad, evil number....according to the MPAA, anyhow.
posted by GJ on May 2, 2007 @ 11:57AM

09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

That hex string will probably get me a cease-and-desist letter, because they seem to think that they can copyright a number. Let's see how long it takes.

11 comments | Tags: scam

Intelligent Design, Expained
posted by GJ on May 2, 2007 @ 12:01AM

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Too funny, but NSFW, and Abby, just skip this one...
posted by Steve on May 1, 2007 @ 6:24PM

Sorry, I'm a bad influence. If the moderators don't think this is appropriate, remove it.

http://funnyordie.com/v1/view_video.php?viewkey=3efbc24c7d2583be6925

8 comments | Tags: video, funny, NSFW

IHWC Tournament results
posted by GJ on May 1, 2007 @ 5:40PM

The preliminary round of the tournament is wrapping up. The US dropped an exciting game to the Czechs today, 4-3, but they still easily made the Qualifying Round with a 2-1 record. This, with a team that has very few NHL stars on board compared to the Czechs, Canadians, Russians and Finns.

Overall notable team records:
Czech Rep 3-0
Russia 3-0
USA 2-1
Finland 2-1
Sweden 2-0
Switzerland 2-0
Slovakia 2-0
Canada 2-0

Sweden plays the Swiss tomorrow, and Canada plays the Slovak team. Both games should be interesting, to say the least.

And I bet you thought the Stanley Cup was the only game in town! :)

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