Refs See Viral Adin Hill Clip Before Oilers-Golden Knights Game 5

NHL officials don’t like to be made fools of. As such, when a player catches them off guard and puts one over on the referees, those later tasked with trying fairly to call a game will take a number. With that in mind, Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill isn’t likely to get any favorable calls moving forward, and certainly not in Game 5 versus the Edmonton Oilers.

A clip has reportedly made the rounds, and the officials for Game 5 are now keenly aware that Hill embellished a trip to get a call early in Game 4. The acting job was enough to convince the official to call Mattias Janmark for a penalty, but upon further review, it was Hill who should have been assessed a two-minute minor. He clearly sold a trip, that wouldn’t have even been a trip had Hill not gone out of his way to get bumped into.

Hill Was Trying to Create Calls Against the Oilers

The game had already gotten feisty in a 1-0 contest early in the first period. Janmark skated past Hill to do a bit of a drive-by, and Hill stuck his foot out to create contact with the Oilers forward. As soon as that contact was made, Hill went down like he’d been shot and flopped on the ice. It worked, and Janmark received a penalty.

Now, as video of Hill embellishing has made it back to the officials, there is a sense that the refs in Game 5 will be closely watching. Mark Spector writes, “Every referee left in the NHL playoffs would have had this clip on his laptop this a.m. Will be interesting to see how it plays out, if at all.”

That wasn’t all Hill did the last time these two teams met.

Hill also went after Evander Kane, not knowing Kane was pushed into the goalie on a goal by Adam Henrique. And Hill shoved Zach Hyman out of his crease on what was practically the first play of Game 4. Hyman hadn’t touched Hill or done anything but stand in the crease when no Vegas player forced him out. Hill took matters into his own hands.