Canadiens Player Receives Apology From Ref After Being Sent To The Penalty Box For The Worst Tripping Call In NHL History

Want To See The Worst Tripping Call In The History Of Hockey?

We've all experienced a bad call that went against our team, but I promise you, there aren't too many calls that are going to be worse than the tripping call that was made on Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson on Tuesday night.The Habs welcomed the Minnesota Wild to the Bell Centre for a battle between two teams that are currently sitting third in their respective divisions.This one was back and forth with the Canadiens up 3-2 late in the…

Canadiens Player Receives Apology From Ref After Being Sent To The Penalty Box For The Worst Tripping Call In NHL History

Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson NHL fans love to blame the refs for having a vendetta against their team when calls don’t go their way. You’re normally veering into conspiracy theory territory when you claim a game is rigged, but it was hard to blame the Canadiens fans who cried foul after Lane Hutson fell victim to a tripping call that was atrocious to the point where the referee who called it went out of his way to apologize. It’s hard to env…

About Last Night: Phantom penalty call on Lane Hutson doesn't spoil Habs win

Cole Caufield scored the game-winner with 15 seconds left in a 4-3 Montreal Canadiens win over the Minnesota Wild Tuesday at Bell Centre.

Canadiens Blueliner Assessed Bizarre Penalty

The Montreal Canadiens are no strangers to controversial penalty calls. Like all NHL teams, disputed penalties can affect them at any given point.But during the second period of the Canadiens game against the Minnesota Wild, defenseman Lane Hutson got called for one of the most bizarre calls in recent memory.In fact, Hutson got hit with an infraction for a penalty he didn’t even commit. Hutson got two minutes for tripping the Wild’s Marcus Folig…

Coach Martin St. Louis absolutely loses it after Lane Hutson is called for a phantom penalty

Sometimes NHL officials see things on the ice that... well... that aren't real at all.Tonight, Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson got to experience that first hand.Hutson was called for a trip on Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Foligno despite the fact that his stick and his body was nowhere near Foligno. In fact, Foligno simply tripped over the blueline.Check it out:Hutson was in disbelief and Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis absolute…

Canadiens livid after Hutson is called for phantom tripping penalty

Watch as Montreal Canadiens defenceman Lane Hutson is called for a tripping penalty before replays later reveal that Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Foligno fell down without facing any contact on the play.