The last rules changes in 2012 made goal judges recommended, not required. Hockey East 
eliminated them for all regular season games last season.

Sean

On 6 Dec 2013 at 22:49, Sara Fagan wrote:

> 
> I know I heard somewhere that goal judges were being dropped at rinks.
> The announcers at North Dakota mentioned that they don't have goal
> judges anymore. 
> 
> Sara
> SLU '77
> Let's go SAINTS!!!
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Joe Makowiec <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>     At the RPI - Q'pac game at the Field House this evening, they had
>     replaced the goal judges with lights set on the floor. Anybody
>     know whether this was part of an automated system, or whether the
>     goal judge was remote and monitoring the net by camera?
> 
>     Joe
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