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NHL hockey ops boss explains ruling on controversial Calgary Flames goal/non-goal

Colin Campbell has been in this situation before.

Not just as the man who oversees the NHL’s controversial video reviews but as a guy caught in the middle of a shockingly similar non-goal situation 11 years back.

“Same play, same end, same place as 2004,” said the NHL’s Senior Executive Vice-President of Hockey Operations, referring to Calgary Flames sniper Martin Gelinas’ non-goal against Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.

“What’s different is we have post cameras in net and overheads in high definition we didn’t have back then.