Massachusetts High School Gets Royally Fucked In State Championship Game
St. Patricks Day in Boston...a tradition like no other that can really end two ways, hugging a toilet in Southie at 10pm after a long day of day-drinking, or watching the State Championship hockey games at the Garden. This lovely St Patrick’s day, the people of Boston got an absolute barn burner for the D1 state title matchup between the Eagles of St. Johns Prep and the Sachems of Winchester. Unfortunately for Winchester, they got royally fucked.
As you can see, Johnny Tighe of SJP puts home the rebound just as time expires. The goal is then immediately called a goal on the ice. The worst part? The refs could have changed the call! The four refs met by the penalty boxes to discuss whether or not the goal was a goal and in typical MIAA fashion, they got the call wrong.
You can clearly see the puck is still on the SJP players stick when the goal light went on, signaling the end of the period. Why wasn't video used to review this? You're in an NHL rink. There are hundreds of cameras filming this game. There was a live broadcast. This is everything to these kids. Someone from the MIAA couldn't have taken a few minutes to get their hands on some video to make the right call? And if the rule states that video cannot be used, rip up the fucking rule book. It's 2024. We use video in every aspect of life. You're telling me we can't use a little video to get the game deciding call right in the state championship? That doesn't mean we are bringing video offsides reviews to high school games either. It just means in the biggest spot, in the biggest moment of the entire season, using video to get the call right. The rules are antiquated and it's time the MIAA rewrites their rulebook anyways.
The new hockey format is already a joke with the removal of the Super 8, it's tough enough for D1 pubic high schools to have the opportunity to win a State Championship against the Catholic Schools in Massachusetts, thats not to say they can't, but it isn't easy and this public school was ROBBED at a once in a life time opportunity. That is saying something coming from a Burlington kid whose biggest rival growing up was Winchester.
I guess this is a good life lesson for the seniors who are headed off into the real world and college in a few months….Life is an unfair piece of shit.