Bruce Boudreau was not terribly pleased with the officiating in the Minnesota Wild's narrow 1-0 defeat to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
The Wild bench boss was still livid postgame over an Erik Haula goal that was overturned after Haula was deemed to have kicked the puck in.
Boudreau on no-goal call says Toronto must have pulled a guy "in off the street that hasn’t seen hockey before."
— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) March 3, 2017
Boudreau also sounded off on Martin Hanzal's elbowing penalty on Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, which came with just under 1:30 left in regulation.
"throwing his head back as if somebody just shot a bullet and hit him in the head. I mean, that's freaking awful." Boudreau on BOB
— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) March 3, 2017
Boudreau might have a case:
Bob may have sold this just a little, but we don't know – maybe don't elbow the goalie when you're down a goal? #CBJ pic.twitter.com/1PbxXkfWFk
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) March 3, 2017
"In a game where two teams worked their butts off that are two of the top teams in the league and you end up losing on bad calls," Boudreau said, according to Michael Russo of the Star Tribune.
Luckily for Boudreau and his Wild, the team has still gone 6-3-1 in its last 10 games and remains in first place in the Western Conference.
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