Yes, Paul Maurice has seen the video. The Canes coach has seen replays of what he calls the Canes' "half-goal" by Chad LaRose in Game 2.

Before coming to the Canes in December, Maurice helped out in the NHL's "War Room" in Toronto where the decisions are made on high — well, from Canada — about goals and no-goals and whether there's conclusive evidence a puck did or did not cross the goal line on a play.

In the final second of the second period Sunday, LaRose had an apparent goal against the Boston Bruins waved off after the puck hit the crossbar, dropped down and bounced around the goal line. After a seven-minute review that felt more like 77 minutes, the call was upheld and the Canes' lead stayed at 2-0.

"I'm a huge fan of replay," Maurice said today. "I still believe it was a goal but the fact of the matter is that shot happens so fast. I understand when the referee doesn't see it or thinks he saw it.

Russell Ward of Elizabeth City, Brad Allen of Fayetteville
and Ron Sebastian of Garner are recipients of the third annual Golden
Whistle Merit Award, created in a partnership among the North Carolina High
School Athletic Association (NCHSAA), the North Carolina Coaches Association
(NCCA) and the North Carolina Athletic Directors Association (NCADA).

Some members of the officiating crew that worked last week's North Carolina loss at Maryland have been disciplined by the ACC.

"In the normal review, some officiating errors with the clock were made, and some members of the crew received disciplinary action," ACC associate commissioner for football media relations Mike Finn said Thursday.

Finn would not elaborate on the disciplinary action and said the crew has not been suspended.

Not to be missed, NHL director of officiating Stephen Walkom goes over the points of emphasis for referees and linesmen this season.

Just a warning: They show Kurtis Foster getting his leg broken trying to touch up an icing early in the video. If you didn't know what happened, it doesn't look that bad. But since we all know what happened, it's pretty cringeworthy.

Also, the league makes clear any contact with the goalie -- deliberate, incidental, even some that could be interpreted as unavoidable -- will result in a disallowed goal. I disagree with the liberal interpretation of goaltender interference because I think defensemen will just start nudging forwards toward the crease hoping for a call, although I do commend the league for trying to protect goalies from crease-crashing.

Tim Gleason makes a cameo appearance with a gentle tug on Vincent Lecavalier's elbow on a breakaway that Walkom points out is still a hooking penalty.