Found April 12, 2012 on Kukla's Korner: Yardbarker Blogger Network
from the CP at the Globe and Mail, Colin Campbell says he’s almost as upset as the Pittsburgh Penguins over a missed offside call that led to a goal in Wednesday’s playoff opener with the Philadelphia Flyers. The NHL’s senior executive vice-president of hockey operations acknowledges that linesman Tony Sericolo erred in not whistling the play dead prior to Danny Briere’s goal early in the second period. continued
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