Dracomaster01

Since this is still being talked about... I suggest watching some clips of players putting on the brakes when driving towards the net. To me it's pretty clear Hossa is attempting to make a play on the puck with his stick, but he needs to slow down to make it. His skate is on the ice, digging in to slow down and steer himself away from Andersen to avoid a collision. Hossa could have probably made the play with his stick, but if you watch the replay, Despres slashes at Hossa's stick instead of making a play for the puck himself. Despres ends up breaking his own stick in the attempt, but does tie up Hossa's stick.

I personally thought it was a good goal, but I was expecting the refs to disallow it, since the Blackhawks have a history of having good goals disallowed in the playoffs - and bad goals against them being allowed. "Wasn't 100% evidence that it wasn't a kicking motion," means it should have been ruled a good goal on the ice. All goals are reviewed, so it wouldn't have mattered if it was a kicking motion and the refs missed it, the video replay judge could have ruled it a kicking motion if it was one. Could the replay judge still make a mistake? After the last game, sure, but I think they got this one right.

I don't think it changed the outcome of the game. If it's not a goal, it's a 3-1 lead going into the third period. Maybe I have more respect for the Ducks in thinking that they continued to play hard and didn't give up. The bottom-line is that the Blackhawks also continued to play well in the third period. The extra goal didn't affect their play because they remembered game 4 and knew the Ducks could come back if they sat back on defense.

No, I'd have to disagree there. As much as you'd see that there was a slight forward movement in slo-mo, seeing it again in real time it'd look more like he's trying to make a move and not trying to kick the puck in. Besides, Andersen did hit the puck towards the direction of Hossa's skate and most of the force came from Hossa's momentum and not because he was deliberate making a forward kicking motion.

Always scarey when the Ducks have the puck even with a 5-2 lead. They played great the whole series, they just ran into a team with experience that played better than them. Andersen played great up until game 5. I think that short comeback might have rattled him for game 6 and 7. This will be good experience for him going into next season.

Ducks will be challengers next year if they retain Kesler; Blackhawks will be lucky to get out of the second round with the Predators and Wild catching up when the Blackhawks will be losing some talent (Blues will choke again).

Adding another bitter fanbase hating on the Blackhawks' success: Blues, Wild, Predators, Kings, and now the Ducks. At least some Shark fans will root for them.

Go Blackhawks! Hopefully Bickell and Kruger will be OK for the Stanley Cup Finals. If they somehow manage to win it again, Keith should win the Conn Smythe.

(not a kicking motion)