"Benjamin J. Flickinger" wrote:
>
> --- kam wrote:
> I agree, Mark.  The SCSU player was not "standing" in the crease when the
> goal went in.  He was moving through that corner of it.  He was not
> interferring with the play.  I say it was a goal.
> --- end of quote ---
>
> The NCAA does not use the new NHL rule which allows for discretion of the
> referee regarding interference. You yourself say he was "moving through that
> corner of it." That seems to pretty much qualify him as "skating through the
> goal crease while the attacking team has possession of the puck."

Furthermore, whereas in the NHL, it's only an issue when a goal is
scored, in the NCAA, the play may be blown dead for a crease violation.
It's not called frequently, but it is called.  Strictly speaking, I
believe the play in question should have been over before the goal was
scored.