Steve Hagwell writes:
 
> With regard to awarding a goal when a stick is thrown while a player with
> the puck is heading to an empty goal, the NCAA rules do not provide for an
> "automatic" goal. It's true that the NHL, CHL and IIHF provide for a goal in
> such circumstances; however, it's the position of the NCAA that a goal
> shouldn't be "automatically awarded" if the puck never enters the goal.
 
So perhaps they should just amend the rule to allow the player to take
a penalty shot on the empty net.  That way the puck *would* have to
enter the goal, and the crowd would love it.  And it would be about as
likely to succeed as a penalty kick in soccer.
 
I'm only half kidding, but then again, I think that someone should
have to break the wicket to make an appeal for caught out or LBW in
cricket.  :-)
                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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