Refs miss obvious call; Chris Tanev killed, Boston Bruins score

Just a day after John Garrett’s inflammatory article, indicting the league and its officials of an organization-wide conspiracy against the Vancouver Canucks and the Sedin twins, in particular, Vancouver has been on the wrong end of poor officiating on an injurious play.

Go figure.

With the Bruins pressing at the end of the second period, Chris Tanev went into the corner trying to retrieve a dump-in play by Boston’s forwards. Tanev was rewarded for his troubles with a Ryan Spooner hit in the numbers, which jarred the puck loose to his teammates. Although Tanev tried to get back in the play, he caused more harm than good, as a Jimmy Hayes shot off the half-wall would deflect off Tanev and past an enraged Jacob Markstrom.

There was no penalty on the play and Tanev would leave the game almost immediately after the goal. Still no word on whether the TanMan will return for the third, although, he did skate off under his own power. Hard to make out the exact nature of the injury, but Tanev was hunched over in the aftermath of the play.

UPDATE: Chris Tanev has not returned to the Canucks bench for the third period and Ben Hutton is skating in his stead on the top pairing.

SECOND UPDATE: Chris Tanev is back on the bench and likely returning to this hockey game.