I suppose you could make a case that this is interference, although it would hardly be the most egregious non-call of the series, on either side. But there’s no possible way this can be construed as dirty. Murray is a huge SOB that knows how to hit.

What a baby. No wonder Wings fans are all so whiny about the refs when their players act like this. I was at the game too and saw several borderline dives and whining by the Wings. Don’t get me started on the criminal Bertuzzi.

Pavelski was run over by Abdelkader from the side into the boards right before the Franzen hit. Didn’t think Abdelkader’s hit was worth a call, nor with the Murray hit. Not sure why Detroit fans are hyperventilating.

If anything, Franzen laying on the ice for a minute while allowing a 2-on-1 Marleau and Heatley rush in the other direction was worse. A save by Howard forced a deep defensive zone faceoff, and Patrick Marleau made them pay. Franzen did the same thing trying to draw a penalty in game 2. Just one example in a long list of critical mistakes Detroit made in this series.

Interference? Quite possibly.

Dirty hit? Absolutely not. Shoulder-to-shoulder. Franzen snaps his head back in an attempt to sell it to the zebras, but to no avail. Some people need to start thinking for themselves instead of being told what to think by the likes of Puck Daddy and the Detroit media.

unfortunately even if the Wings look at this in slo-mo, they won’t acknowledge it … you’re suppose to shake hands and move on, but not everyone sees it that way

Unfortunately the Sharks never win because they play good.

He’s probably just watching the play, but it looks like Murray is giving Franzen a death stare and Franzen’s avoiding eye contact.
Murray’s thought bubble, “Feg” (‘Coward’ in Swedish).

Thats what he gets for knocking Jumbo’s stick out of his hands before the Wings scored.

Rube, I brought up the Abdelkader hit on Pavelski 10 seconds before the Murray hit on my blog, as well as the Stuart and Bertuzzi double team hit on Murray later in the period. I actually have a photo, but there were bodies in the way.

Douglas Murray could hurt the Statue of Liberty with a body-check – he’s a force of nature. This hit was clean and awesome.

Here was the retaliation hit by Stuart, Bertuzzi was in on the play as well. Bodies in front so you cant tell what is going on, but it looked like a massive collision between Stuart and Murray. I think the television cameras missed it. Murray was on the ice for 20 seconds, then headed to the bench with a bloody nose and lip. He told Todd McLellan he was fine.