It is not the first time that HK Nitra has complained about referees in Slovakia’s top competition. Most recently, the representatives of the reigning champion were outraged by the situation from the extension of Friday’s match of the 11th round of the extra league against Banská Bystrica, in which the referees first recognized Nitra’s winning goal by Miloš Bubela at 3:2, but after more than five minutes of examination on video, they canceled the original decision and instructed continuation of the match.
The guests from Banská Bystrica used the offered chance and at 64:21 Canadian defender Gabriel Chicoine decided on their victory for 2 points. The players from Banská Bystrica already had a three-point lead over the Nitra team and were in fourth place before Sunday’s continuation of the competition. The reigning champion is sixth.
The hockey players of HK Nitra lost in Friday’s match of the 11th round of the Tipos extraliga with Banská Bystrica 2:3 after extra time. Gabriel Chicoine scored the decisive goal.
Open letter HK NItra”HK Nitra appeals to the SZĽH referees’ commission to take a position on the moment from yesterday’s Extraliga match HK Nitra – HC MonacoBet B. Bystrica. During extra time, the players of Nitra scored a goal, which the head referee recognized directly on the ice, showed a confirming gesture goal and reported the scorer of the goal and the assistants of the timekeepers. The goalkeeper B. Bystrice did not complain about any collision with our player, nor did the players of B. Bystrice complain about a foul on the goalkeeper or any other disagreement with the rules In the end, the referees did not recognize the video and the goal. Probably due to the possible, but not proven, minimal contact of the stick of the player B. Bystrica. HK Nitra appeals to the Refereeing Committee of the SZĽH to take an opinion on this situation, not only for the experts, but also for the general hockey public. If the situation has been assessed correctly, it will serve as a basis for subsequent assessments of similar situations. However, if it was assessed incorrectly, we ask for exemplary punishment of the main arbitrators, including the video referee. So far we have not been for penalties for referees for misconduct in matches. We preferred to educate them and learn from their mistakes. During this season, however, there have already been many of them that were serious and influenced the outcome of the matches. Goals are the spice of hockey, and referees should not prioritize finding a way to disallow them. As it was unfortunately in this case. With similar decisions, we lower the level of our league and drive spectators out of the stadiums.”
