Hitchcock says coach's challenge was to help increase league scoring
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Ken Hitchcock is a man of the people.
The St. Louis Blues head coach made a questionable decision to use a coach's challenge after a goal scored by Patrik Berglund in the first period was waved off due to goaltender interference, but it was all with the league in mind - or so he says.
"The league is looking for goals and I'm trying to help them out," Hitchcock said, according to Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Dispatch.
The disallowed goal and lost time-out didn't seem to phase the Blues who skated to a 2-1 victory.
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