The Oilers are in desperate trouble. They blew a 3-0 lead in game 1 and lost their top goalie for the rest of the series. They have a backup goalie that no one has any confidence in. And their defense decided the best way to break in the backup goalie was to stop playing defense. On top of that, their center is complaining about the other guy cheating.
Horcoff lost 2/3 of his faceoffs against Carolina’s Rod Bri’nd’Am’ou’r and accused him of cheating.
It’s just a problem that I tried to talk to the linesman a little about,” Horcoff said Wednesday before the Carolina’s 5-0 win in Game 2. “It’s not really anything that I really need to comment on, it’s just the fact that I thought he was cheating a little bit and hopefully we’ll change that.
Edmonton went out and only lost 20-28 in the faceoffs, but 5-0 in the game. Perhaps the refs were giving the shooters special treatment instead.
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[Fox Sports]: Horcoff says Brind’Amour cheats
3 replies on “Oilers center accuses Rod Brind’Amour of cheating”
Dead Team Walking — Or should I say skating? Hockey referees don’t play those games with players bitching to the media about stuff like this. If anything, Horcoff will find his ass in the box if he says so much as hello out there.
hahaha — considering how fucked the Oilers are, it doesn’t really matter. They’ll be lucky to win a game in the series. If there’s one thing that will bring a team down, it’s a lack of faith in the goaltender. They’ll try too hard and if they go down a couple of goals or if the goaltended gives up a bad goal, then it’s all over. no more effort. Trust me, I know this from watching the Flyers in the 90s. Bastards.
Dave’s A Killer — ——————————————————————————–
Ned Braden: What are you doing?
Jeff Hanson: Puttin’ on the foil!
Steve Hanson: Every game!
Jack Hanson: Want some?