PHOENIX, Ariz. (CP) -- Coyotes defenceman Danny Markov is still mad at referee Bill McCreary over the circumstances surrounding last week's Olympic semifinal game between Russia and the United States.
During that game, McCreary refused to check a video replay during a third-period power play by the Russians after Boston's Sergei Samsonov fired a shot that hit the post. The Russians contended it may have crossed the goal-line.
McCreary wouldn't listen to their pleas, and Markov responded with a verbal tirade directed at the veteran NHL ref that included making an obscene gesture. He was subsequently suspended from playing in Russia's 7-2 bronze-medal victory over Belarus.
"All (McCreary) had to do was go watch the video. All he had to do was do his job," Markov told the Arizona Republic. "That's why I was so mad, because he wouldn't do anything. Any referee who has experience like he does, who's a good referee, is supposed to go watch the video, not pull out a whistle and say, 'Let's go play.'
"If it was a goal, it would have maybe changed everything."