Patrick Roy Angrily Calls Out NHL Officials for Bad Call Last Night
New York Islanders head coach Patrick Roy was seeing red with the officials after last night's game and feels his team got robbed of a win because of it.
In recent years, the NHL has been under fire for inconsistency with its officiating, especially as it pertains to goaltender interference.
Far too often, fans and analysts alike are left to speculate on how the league will ultimately rule on an incident, and Saturday night brought one glaring example of that.
Following the Islanders' meeting with the Seattle Kraken, Isles head coach Patrick Roy did not mince words after the final buzzer sounded following his team's 3-2 loss.
A fiery personality with tremendous insight, Roy did not delay in discussing what he considered a grossly botched call by the officials.
It wasn't until the post-game press conference when a reporter started asking Roy about his thoughts on goaltender interference, that things really got interesting.
Before the question was even finished, Roy interrupted, "It's beyond frustrating." His tone radiated anger and incredulity.
The reporter pressed on, and Roy doubled down: The league's calls on these plays have become incomprehensible.
What gave particular bite to Roy's criticism was the way he could speak from experience. He was one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history, and thus, pretty well aware of the nuances of the crease.
He cited a controversial moment in the game where Kraken forward Brandon Tanev sauntered into the crease unchallenged and made contact with Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin.
The contact came just moments before a goal, where Tanev used his body to obstruct Sorokin. Roy couldn't help but find the humor in it all, suggesting it really was a no-brainer type of call.
Several replays, including most notably the reverse angle, made the visible action from Tanev fairly clear, which made the non-call somewhat curiously confusing.
Roy's comments captured a general frustration with how inconsistent refereeing continues to chip away at the NHL's credibility.
The good news is that Patrick Roy at least showed up for this press conference, unlike what happened last month when he completely avoided it.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Travis Konecny | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Sam Reinhart | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Trent Frederic | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Adrian Kempe | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mason Marchment | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Bobby McMann | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Tyler Toffoli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Radek Faksa | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Victor Hedman | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mitch Marner | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Michael Matheson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Connor McDavid | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| J.T. Miller | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Travis Sanheim | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 18 | 15 | 3 | - | 30 | |
Devils | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 26 | |
Wild | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | |
Panthers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Hurricanes | 16 | 12 | 4 | - | 24 | |
Golden Knights | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 24 | |
Maple Leafs | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 | |
Capitals | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | |
Kings | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 23 | |
Stars | 16 | 11 | 5 | - | 22 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||