If I'm still salty about this final loss in 20 years, remind me to shoot myself (or at least not post on Twitter about it).
Also, while Sidney Crosby makes for a fine Peter Forsberg, I feel that any comparison between Henrik Lundqvist and Corey Hirsch is at best.. a stretch.
I'm not sure pushing a player in the back with your stick constitutes anything. It definitely isn't high sticking, since the contact would have to be above the shoulders. Maybe it'd be interference, but they'd obviously never call that in front of the net.