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The match between Canada and the Czech Republic in the men's Olympic ice hockey quarter-finals was controversial when the European side scored their third goal to make it 2-3 in a game they would eventually lose 4-3. The play was very controversial, as the referees did not realise that there were six Czech players, when there should be five outfield players plus the goalkeeper.
The referees' first mistake came there, but the blunder was even greater, as what we did not know is what CBC Olympics subsequently revealed. On television it was not possible to see what was happening in the Czech defensive zone in the play of the goal, but thanks to the official channel of the Games it has been possible to verify that this team had no less than eight outfield players on the ice, two of them apparently retiring.
If Canada had not come back, there would now be talk of a scandal of biblical proportions. Just over 12 minutes into the third period, with the score tied, Czech Ondrej Palat scored the controversial goal and the surprise was on. However, that goal should not have gone on the scoreboard and, according to the rules, a penalty should have been awarded for too many players on the ice. The most curious thing is that in the celebration there were six outfield players, so something was already wrong. The most unusual thing was to see afterwards that there was a surplus of three.