Video: Marc Crawford Post-game Press Conference

by Brandon Worley on Dec 8, 2010 11:37 PM CST in Dallas Stars Games

Thanks to reader and friend of the blog TracyJean, here's video from the Dallas Stars post-game show that goes over in detail how the officials in last night's loss to the Blackhawks missed a blatant penalty in the final seconds of the game -- one that should have resulted in a penalty shot. What's better, is we get to see an emotional and angry Marc Crawford blow a gasket during his post-game press conference. It's amazing.

Some quick thoughts after the jump.

In a game that saw one referee call the Stars for six minor penalties, including two in the final minutes of the game, it was frustrating to see this one go uncalled. For a team that had worked so hard to get back in the game and was pressing the Blackhawks as hard as they could, you can understand when Crawford and the team lost their cool as the game ended.

It's very likely -- as Razor mentions in the video -- that Crawford's anger is also carried over from the questionable penalty call against the Stars in the final minutes against Columbus. The Stars have some frustrating building right now.

To be realistic, we all know the Stars did not deserve to win this game. They did not play well and everything we've focused on over the past two weeks haunted this team in Chicago. Yet you can't ignore the blatantly questionable officiating and how one referee, with no assistance from the other, can single-handedly end a team's comeback bid in a close game in the Western Conference.

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Wow..

Crawford is scary when he is angry! O.O

by EyesOfDallas on Dec 9, 2010 12:55 AM CST reply actions

Next line... 3rd line plays 60

Crow lost it. love it!

by KStars on Dec 9, 2010 1:08 AM CST reply actions

Ya know.. I'm a wrestling fan, so when I see that video..

And the way he’s speaking and ranting, he kinda reminds me of James E. Cornette. (maybe it’s just me)

I think Razor is right to a degree.. it’s not just the thrown stick that was the lone gripe, and I’m sure part of that anger was over his own team’s not to play a full sixty.

But I bet it’s a boost to the players in a dressing room who will later see that rant on TV (or perhaps here) and realize that they have a coach that will go to bat for them.

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by Art Middleton on Dec 9, 2010 1:23 AM CST reply actions

honestly, I am feeling Crow and the Team

this game was kinda fun getting back in the game… hope the guys cement the win(s)

by KStars on Dec 9, 2010 1:35 AM CST up reply actions

You have love coach like that.

I’m still not a big fan of Crawford, but thing like this help, they really do.

by Henri Muroke on Dec 9, 2010 3:05 AM CST reply actions

Have "to" love coach like that.

Still feeling Lehtinen, heh.

by Henri Muroke on Dec 9, 2010 3:20 AM CST up reply actions

Fuel some rage.

Hopefully frustrations from these two games will fuel another 5+ win streak!

by evan.brassart on Dec 9, 2010 6:33 AM CST reply actions

Is this the first time we're seen Crow angry?

Because I love it. It’s about time we get to see this from him, honestly.

And you’re right Brandon… while this call sucks majorly, we can’t forget that the Stars still got outplayed in every aspect of the game. Play well to begin with, and these calls likely don’t matter quite as much.

The Stars will have a 3 game win streak within their first 6 games. Mark my words!

by Tsudbury on Dec 9, 2010 6:38 AM CST reply actions

Pretty much....this is the coach we thought we were getting a year and a half ago, but hadn't seen.

There was word about a rant or two in private after individual games, but nothing public like this.

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by TracyJean on Dec 9, 2010 7:37 AM CST up reply actions

I like it. A lot.

Light a fire under their ass coach! It’s time!

The Stars will have a 3 game win streak within their first 6 games. Mark my words!

by Tsudbury on Dec 9, 2010 9:54 AM CST up reply actions

Now we know how the Caps fans feel about blown calls at the end of a game

by InOttwetrust on Dec 9, 2010 9:54 AM CST reply actions

Wrong! Not even the same thing...really? Are we going to rehash the Caps game?

Go read the comments and the rules and you’ll realize there was NO blown call in Caps game.

by 5starpuckism on Dec 9, 2010 9:56 AM CST up reply actions

Officials BLEW the game period...how do you miss a thrown stick??

by 5starpuckism on Dec 9, 2010 9:56 AM CST reply actions

They still had to make the penalty shot

In the end, the Stars blew the game. You can’t start like that and expect to make a comeback, even though they almost did. They were caught with too many defensive lapses, and Raycroft wasn’t even close to being good enough that night to bail them out. He looked pretty ugly on that breakaway when he went down early.

by Why on Dec 9, 2010 4:35 PM CST up reply actions

There's that effing phrase again;

“Didn’t deserve to win this game”

So the reigning champs “deserved” to win after letting a team that didn’t even make the playoffs last year come back from a 4-1 deficit, then riding the coat tails of a zebra with a hard-on for Chicago hockey, pull out an ugly win? Would Dallas had “deserved” the win if they’d tied it in the 3rd then won it in overtime?

Yes, they started out slow (again), and Raycroft sucked, but exactly where do you draw that line? If you get out-shot, out-hit, and out-matched, but still pull out a win, did you deserve to win? Hypothetically, I certainly think so.

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by Netminder#20 on Dec 9, 2010 10:25 AM CST reply actions

i think both teams agreed that neither of them deserved to win

it was an ugly game all around. a win is still a win for any team, but they’re always much happier when they execute the way they want to. that’s all they mean by “deserving” to win.

The Stars will have a 3 game win streak within their first 6 games. Mark my words!

by Tsudbury on Dec 9, 2010 10:46 AM CST up reply actions

Definitely.

I’m a regular lurker at Second City Hockey and none of them were terrible thrilled with the way the Hawks played last. They let up on the gas as we started to pick it up. Because there are no ties in the NHL anymore, someone had to win the game. It’s just that neither team really deserved to win. Will the Hawks take those two point? Hell, yes. So would we if the result had gone the other way. But some are being disengenuous by claiming that poor officiating alone cost the Stars the game.

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by TracyJean on Dec 9, 2010 12:57 PM CST via mobile up reply actions