There has been a lot of talk about Lawson and his goal, but I want to
just give Francis Nault big time props.

Francis struggled in Manchester with his minus 4 on the night, but it
was his heads-up play to throw it to the front of the net that made
victory possible.  Some players might have given up with only seconds
left in overtime, content with a tie or whatever.  But not Nault and he
deserves a lot of credit for his effort.

At times Maine had problems in front of both nets this weekend, but in
the last seconds it was getting people to the front and throwing the
puck at the net that proved decisive.  I hope we build off that in
coming weeks!

-dt

--- james acheson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I think that the NHL rule says that it si not a goal if there is a
> kicking motion TOWARD the net.  SO that if I kick a puck to a team
> mate from behind the net (intentionally direct the puck to a teammate
> from behind the net) and it bounces off the goalie's pad and in, this
> IS a goal in the NHL because I did not intentionally direct it toward
> the net, but it is not a goal in NCAA or USA/Olympics because I
> intentionally directed teh puck with my skate.
> I did not see Lucas change the angle of his skate as he skated across
> teh front of the goal.  THis looked like it deflected off his skate
> and he did not intentionally direct it (in any direction)
> But heck if we can take the OT goal against BC when Mike Motteau was
> hauled down in the face off dot a couple years ago, we can sure take
> a questionable goal.
>  [log in to unmask] wrote:The NCAA rule book says that a puck that is
> deflected off an attacking player and goes in to the net is a goal.
> However, a few paragraphs later, it says that a player cannot
> intentionally deflect a puck into the net.  By contrast, the NHL rule
> book is explicitly that a puck deflected into the net by a skate is a
> goal, unless the attacking player deflects the puck with a "kicking
> motion."
>
> So, the NCAA rules don't require a distinct kicking motion, just
> "intent" to deflect by the attacking player.  Did Lucas intentionally
> deflect the puck into the net?  Perhaps, but it's not as clearcut as
> the Fox NE announcers would have us believe.
>
>
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