MSG works hard to convince you what you saw didnât happen
Joe Micheletti
But  MSGâs Joe Micheletti  didnât see it that way.
Not only was  he  left unimpressed by the goal  live  after two replays from different angles  he  made the totally unsupported claim â rotten guess â that Desharnais had directed the puck to Werenski. Despite evidence that Desharnais never came close to touching the puck  only clear evidence that heâd been deked down and out   Micheletti  called it a âa good defensive play.â
âAnd that â  Micheletti  said after a replay showing that no Ranger had touched the puck after Columbus entered the zone  âshould be an unassisted goal.â
 Next  Micheletti  said  âA broken play ends up in the net.â Broken play? It was a fabulous play!
Finally  as the goal and assists were announced on the PA system   Micheletti  stuck with â and stuck us with â his bogus story: âTheyâre giving assists  but there should be no assists.â
Surely  with commercials on the next whistle  MSGâs producer would straighten this out  make good on it  have  Micheletti  see and correct what three times  he  missed as a matter of good faith  to let the audience know that theyâd seen what they saw.
 Micheletti  even could have had self-deprecating fun with it  anything to concede that this sensational goal was not the residue of a âbroken play.â
But  MSGâs Joe Micheletti  didnât see it that way.
Not only was   [TGT]   left unimpressed by the goal  live  after two replays from different angles   [TGT]   made the totally unsupported claim â rotten guess â that Desharnais had directed the puck to Werenski. Despite evidence that Desharnais never came close to touching the puck  only clear evidence that heâd been deked down and out   Micheletti  called it a âa good defensive play.â
âAnd that â  Micheletti  said after a replay showing that no Ranger had touched the puck after Columbus entered the zone  âshould be an unassisted goal.â
 Next  Micheletti  said  âA broken play ends up in the net.â Broken play? It was a fabulous play!
Finally  as the goal and assists were announced on the PA system   Micheletti  stuck with â and stuck us with â his bogus story: âTheyâre giving assists  but there should be no assists.â
Surely  with commercials on the next whistle  MSGâs producer would straighten this out  make good on it  have  Micheletti  see and correct what three times  he  missed as a matter of good faith  to let the audience know that theyâd seen what they saw.
 Micheletti  even could have had self-deprecating fun with it  anything to concede that this sensational goal was not the residue of a âbroken play.â