On Mar 25, 12:02, Joe LaCour wrote:
>In the Cornell-UND game there was a North Dakota goal that
>was waved off.  Apparantly, the puck was hit in with the top
>of the stick, not the blade. Can someone clarify the rules
>regarding this?
>==
>Any goal scored by touching a stick with ANY part above
>the crossbar is a "high stick" and the goal shall be
>disallowed.  That is the rule book interpretation.  in practice,
>you'll only see the wave off if the puck strikes a stick above
>the crossbar.
 
Actually, my understanding of this non-goal was that it was waved off because
ND's Hoogsteen put the puck in with his hand, not the stick.  I'll have to look
at the tape again...
 
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