> << Rule 6, SECTION 45, Throwing Stick, Para. a. reads:  A player, including
> the goalkeeper, shall not throw the stick in any zone.  If the stick is
> thrown, but not to prevent a goal, a minor penalty shall be assessed.  If
> thrown to prevent a goal, a penalty shot/optional minor penalty shall be
> assessed.
>
>  I haven't found a specific provision awarding a "called" goal.
 
Doesn't it also say somewhere that if a penalty shot is awarded when
the offending team's net is empty, the result is an automatic goal?
(Theory being that if they let someone take a penalty shot on an empty
net, he'd have a pretty easy time making it...)
 
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