Sochi Olympics 2014: Team USA Stuns Russia In A Shootout After Controversial Disallowed Goal
It appeared that Fyodor Tyutin had broken the tie with a blast from the point, but the referees looked at the replay and disallowed the goal because the net was off the moorings.
Via NJ.com:
SOCHI, Russia -- It started as a celebration for this entire country, with 12,000 fans filling the Bolshoy Ice Dome with Russian flags, jerseys and a familiar chant.
RUS-SIL-YA! RUS-SIL-YA! RUS-SIL-YA!
But it ended with mostly silence, but for the cheers of a few hundred Americans who were brave and proud enough to wave the stars and stripes in enemy territory. Because the game the Russia had anticipated for months ended in a way they probably couldn't have imagined:
A shootout loss with controversy.
(Watch the shootout video here.)
T.J. Oshie converted in the eighth round of a shootout, ...