In the event that the goal post is displaced, either deliberately or accidentally, by a defending player, prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal position of the goalposts, the Referee may award a goal.
In order to award a goal in this situation, the goal post must have been displaced by the actions of a defending player, the attacking player must have an imminent scoring opportunity prior to the goal post being displaced, and it must be determined that the puck would have entered the net between the normal position of the goal posts.
If the goal post is deliberately displaced by a goalkeeper during the course of a “breakaway,” a goal will be awarded to the non-offending team.
When the goal post has been displaced deliberately by the defending team when their goalkeeper has been removed for an extra attacker thereby preventing an impending goal by the attacking team, the Referee shall award a goal to the attacking team.
The goal frame is considered to be displaced if either or both goal pegs are no longer in their respective holes in the ice, or the net has come completely off one or both pegs, prior to or as the puck enters the goal.
Great refs W knowing the rule book
So the nhl gave them a win
Based on a strict interpretation of the rule book. This is a good goal.
1. The rule book doesn’t strictly define imminent scoring opportunity. The second attempt at the net could be that imminent opportunity.
2. The rule book doesn’t define what has to occur prior to that opportunity other than the net being intentionally dislodged.
It’s a judgemental call.
Could it have been some flaw in the goal post or is it more likely that the goalie was trying to knock it off. He didn’t seem pissed after so I feel like it’s the latter
Guy probably loosened the pegs when he almost removed the poles from the pegs just a few minutes earlier and got a play blown dead because of it.
I’d be livid if that happened to my team with no context, but with context that dude had been doing it all night and I’m okay with this goal.
Honestly, the rules are written with enough grey area that this seemed like mostly a judgement call. There’s no special provision as to what should happen in that specific instance, it was weird. I think in the spirit of the rule, that should be a goal. Wild were in imminent scoring position, preds goalie knocked the net off, puck went through where the net was supposed to be
I mean the rules state it pretty clearly. The net coming off helped him score the goal but until they add something about that in the rules, it’s a good goal and the refs called it by the book
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Basically the refs had enough of his b.s.
63.7 Awarded Goal –
In the event that the goal post is displaced, either deliberately or accidentally, by a defending player, prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal position of the goalposts, the Referee may award a goal.
In order to award a goal in this situation, the goal post must have been displaced by the actions of a defending player, the attacking player must have an imminent scoring opportunity prior to the goal post being displaced, and it must be determined that the puck would have entered the net between the normal position of the goal posts.
If the goal post is deliberately displaced by a goalkeeper during the course of a “breakaway,” a goal will be awarded to the non-offending team.
When the goal post has been displaced deliberately by the defending team when their goalkeeper has been removed for an extra attacker thereby preventing an impending goal by the attacking team, the Referee shall award a goal to the attacking team.
The goal frame is considered to be displaced if either or both goal pegs are no longer in their respective holes in the ice, or the net has come completely off one or both pegs, prior to or as the puck enters the goal.
Great refs W knowing the rule book
So the nhl gave them a win
Based on a strict interpretation of the rule book. This is a good goal.
1. The rule book doesn’t strictly define imminent scoring opportunity. The second attempt at the net could be that imminent opportunity.
2. The rule book doesn’t define what has to occur prior to that opportunity other than the net being intentionally dislodged.
It’s a judgemental call.
Could it have been some flaw in the goal post or is it more likely that the goalie was trying to knock it off. He didn’t seem pissed after so I feel like it’s the latter
Guy probably loosened the pegs when he almost removed the poles from the pegs just a few minutes earlier and got a play blown dead because of it.
I’d be livid if that happened to my team with no context, but with context that dude had been doing it all night and I’m okay with this goal.
Honestly, the rules are written with enough grey area that this seemed like mostly a judgement call. There’s no special provision as to what should happen in that specific instance, it was weird. I think in the spirit of the rule, that should be a goal. Wild were in imminent scoring position, preds goalie knocked the net off, puck went through where the net was supposed to be
I mean the rules state it pretty clearly. The net coming off helped him score the goal but until they add something about that in the rules, it’s a good goal and the refs called it by the book