Hi -
 
  Dave Hendrikson writes earlier today on USCHO:
 
> It took only seven seconds into the game for [Harvard goal-keeper O.]
> Jonas to get a rude awakening.  As he roamed behind the net to stop a
> Northeastern dump-in, the puck deflected into his empty net. Referee Jim
> Fitzgerald, however, ruled that an official's skate had been responsible
> for the redirection, and disallowed the goal.
 
  Having watched hundreds of games in the last 20+ years, I can't say I've
ever seen *this* one before :-)  I'll bet poor Jonas' face was as crimson
as his jersey after this one went in <grin>, but then - praise be - came a
repreive from the zebras ....  Exactly how is this situation written up in
the rule book ?? I always assumed (I know, the old a** of u and me bit :-)
that hockey officials, as in baseball, were considered part of the playing
surface, so that any puck deflecting off an official's skate, uniform, etc.
was still in play.  Or must the puck touch a player from EITHER team *after*
striking an official before a goal will be allowed ??  My hunch is that it's
the latter, as this would remove any hint of official favoritism in situ-
ations such as this (or any inadvertant redirection by the officials) ....
 
  OK, rules gurus - let's see/read the chapter and verse :-)
 
  Cheers from the Chesapeake - Jim
  Go Blue !!  Tame those Tigers !!
 
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