A Winning Goal in the Stanley Cup Finals...Who Knew?

So Buffalo native Patrick Kane scored the game winning goal last night in overtime of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Well it wasn't so clear at first. The refs did not signal a goal, nor did the light go on. So this left both the CBC and NBC announcers confused at first.

I watched the CBC broadcast last night. Announcer Jim Hughson (who is famously the voice of the NHL Video Game series for EA Sports) was not sure it was in.



The same was true for NBC announcer Mike "Doc" Emrick. Goal happens at about the 0:48 mark of this video.



Such a strange way to end a game! But it was the best Stanley Cup series I ever saw. And last night's NBC broadcast was the highest rated Stanley Cup Finals game in 36 years in the U.S. since the stat was kept. In fact Game 2 was the second highest. So it was a great year for hockey in both the United States (high ratings, bronze medal in Olympics), and Canada (gold medal in Olympics).

Kofod