Yes it is, Rule 67.3 (v) – A delay of game penalty shall be assessed to a goalkeeper who: Deliberately piles up snow or obstacles at or near his net that, in the opinion of the Referee, would tend to prevent the scoring of a goal.
Also in this situation as Vegas had an empty net, if this prevented a goal being scored, Winnipeg would’ve been awarded a goal.
Yes it is, I believe because of former Vancouver Canucks coach Roger Nielson.
Building a wall of ice in an empty net? This rules been around for at least a couple of decades I thought
Yes. Doesn’t mean every goalie doesn’t do it to some degree. Most just aren’t so ridiculous obvious about it as Fleury was there.
As they say : If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying
didn’t he retire?
You couldn’t even be mad, just standard Flower shenanigans
Yes, its a rule, but in this instance, there just simply isnt enough snow to enforce it. Flower was just being himself and getting a little creative to get his team a few seconds of rest time while the refs went to ho check it out.
If you pay attention real close, occasionally youll see a center towards the end of the game going in for a face-off and take a little piece of tape off the end of his stick and hand it to the ref. Its the same thing – its just a player getting a few extra seconds to get their wind back. Its a common tactic and youll see goalies sometimes asking for a second to adjust pads as well. They never need tl actually adjst pads they just want their top lines getting the extra few seconds of rest.
Yes. You also have to remember, when the net is empty, often the opposing team is flipping the puck down the ice from a hundred feet away. At that distance, it won’t take much to stop a puck once it get near the crease.
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not him laughing at end
Yes it is, Rule 67.3 (v) – A delay of game penalty shall be assessed to a goalkeeper who: Deliberately piles up snow or obstacles at or near his net that, in the opinion of the Referee, would tend to prevent the scoring of a goal.
Also in this situation as Vegas had an empty net, if this prevented a goal being scored, Winnipeg would’ve been awarded a goal.
Yes it is, I believe because of former Vancouver Canucks coach Roger Nielson.
Building a wall of ice in an empty net? This rules been around for at least a couple of decades I thought
Yes. Doesn’t mean every goalie doesn’t do it to some degree. Most just aren’t so ridiculous obvious about it as Fleury was there.
Check out this video starting at 4:07
https://youtu.be/8tonxd_9_lY?si=_gm2kgNweePkp7MF
The goalie for my team was so bored one game he built a 1inch wall all the way across
Then the ref puts a deep cut into the crease. As just to say, “don’t forget about me. :)”
Ah yes, Vegas “Core Values” at work again.
I’m a simple man, I see Flower, I click
Chris Osgood once defended a penalty shot where he put piles of snow at common shooting spots, the skater hit the snow and lost control of the puck.
I can’t find video of it, but here is an SI article talking about it
https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/12/10/dirty-tricks-despite-the-nhls-vigilance-players-and-teams-bend-rules-in-all-sorts-of-dastardly-ways-to-gain-an-advantage
As they say : If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying
didn’t he retire?
You couldn’t even be mad, just standard Flower shenanigans
Yes, its a rule, but in this instance, there just simply isnt enough snow to enforce it. Flower was just being himself and getting a little creative to get his team a few seconds of rest time while the refs went to ho check it out.
If you pay attention real close, occasionally youll see a center towards the end of the game going in for a face-off and take a little piece of tape off the end of his stick and hand it to the ref. Its the same thing – its just a player getting a few extra seconds to get their wind back. Its a common tactic and youll see goalies sometimes asking for a second to adjust pads as well. They never need tl actually adjst pads they just want their top lines getting the extra few seconds of rest.
Yes. You also have to remember, when the net is empty, often the opposing team is flipping the puck down the ice from a hundred feet away. At that distance, it won’t take much to stop a puck once it get near the crease.
“I’m not sure, eh?”
Enough to hook me. 😏