The Hockey Herald

Morrow unhappy with officiating

May 17, 2008 @ 12:18 pm · Filed under Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings

Speaking on his weekly radio show Thursday on KTCK-The Ticket in Dallas, Morrow was asked about some controversial calls in the Stars’ Western Conference finals series with the Detroit Red Wings.

Morrow referenced Pavel Datsyuk’s disallowed goal in Game 4 and the controversial call on Tomas Holmstrom for being in the crease on that play, and then said that both teams have had to deal with tough calls. He went back to Game 1 and said Holmstrom clearly was in the crease and on top of Stars goalie Marty Turco when he tipped in a goal for a 3-0 lead, and added that call could have changed the series had the goal been properly disallowed.

Then, co-host Dan McDowell said that he also felt there was a bad call on rookie defenceman Mark Fistric for roughing that gave the Red Wings a 5-on-3 power play just four minutes into the game. Morrow then said he felt McCreary ‘made up’ that call to ‘even the score’ with Fistric. The inference was that Fistric, a 21-year-old rookie, had somehow either had words or shown up McCreary in Game 5 of the first round against Anaheim, but the charges were pretty serious.

“That was a very phantom call,” Morrow said. “I think that was just a little payback for something that happened in the Anaheim series between Fisty and McCreary. That’s just my opinion, but I think that’s something that was made up. I think there was a little grudge between referee and player where he felt he wanted to even up the score. You never want to see those things.”