Hockey fans had a conspiracy on their hands, or so they thought.
A Penguins goalie’s glove is at the center of one of hockey’s more bizarre conspiracy theories
Wake up, sheeple.
not sure if anyone else caught this yet, but stralman's goal went through Murray's glove pic.twitter.com/LXimlXsUbY
— Rich Miller (@atrichmiller) May 17, 2016
The pictures seemingly prove that Stralman had somehow defied physics and shot the puck right through the webbing of Matt Murray's glove. Insanity, right?
Yet, no one noticed. The broadcast made no mention of it. Was NBCSN’s top brass keeping something from us?
Of course not. Multiple angles show that the puck goes over Murray’s glove instead of through it. Not only that, if it were true, why wasn’t play stopped so Murray could get a new glove?
The reason: because it didn’t happen. The puck was traveling too slow for it to even make a dent in Murray’s catching glove and it’s spinning, which gives the illusion that it’s going through when in fact it’s just missing it completely.
The hoax did allow for some fun on Twitter, which included the Penguins equipment manager.
Took a closer look - Matt Murray's Catch Glove Not sure how I missed this! pic.twitter.com/UQwgDNvTql
— Dana Heinze (@RealDanaHeinze) May 17, 2016
I've looked at the footage slowed down & analyzed every frame. Here's the truth: Murray isn't wearing a glove at all pic.twitter.com/9opFgkSlBR
— Rick (@Rick_City) May 17, 2016
Murray himself had some advice for all you glove truthers out there:
Murray on the speculation that a goal went through his glove: "I would say 'don't believe everything you see on the internet.'"
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) May 17, 2016
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