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Devils coach vents about delay of game on Schneider: ‘I saw no penalty’

Peter Deboer

Head coach Peter DeBoer works the bench against the New York Islanders during a preseason game at the Barclays Center on September 21, 2013 in Brooklyn borough of New York City.The game is the first professional hockey match to be held in the arena that is slated to be the new home for the Islanders at the start of the 2015-2016 season. (September 20, 2013 - Source: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images North America)

The New Jersey Devils tied a franchise low with 11 shots on goal in a 3-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, so pointing fingers at the officials alone would be foolish. That doesn’t mean the Devils are happy with a controversial delay of game penalty on Cory Schneider, however.

Here’s video of the infraction:

DeBoer had a simple assessment regarding the penalty - which opened the door for a Red Wings goal - for The Bergen Record’s Tom Gulitti.

“I saw no penalty,” DeBoer said.

Cory Schneider told Gulitti that he’s never been called for that specific delay of game penalty before.

Here’s the exact language of the penalty that the Devils believed Schneider wasn’t guilty of (Rule 27.8):

27.8 Restricted Area – A goalkeeper shall not play the puck outside of the designated area behind the net. This area shall be defined by lines that begin six feet (6’) from either goal post and extend diagonally to points twenty-eight feet (28’) apart at the end boards. Should the goalkeeper play the puck outside of the designated area behind the goal line, a minor penalty for delay of game shall be imposed. The determining factor shall be the position of the puck. The minor penalty will not be assessed when a goalkeeper plays the puck while maintaining skate contact with his goal crease.

Puck Daddy’s Sean Leahy passes along a screen cap of Schneider playing the puck:

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James OBrien

That Tomas Tatar power-play goal made it 3-1 Red Wings with a little more than a minute left, so there’s no denying it was a big moment in the game. And it’s tough to deny the Devils’ complaints.

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