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Patrick Carr <[log in to unmask]>
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Patrick Carr <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 7 Jan 2002 12:07:30 -0500
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On Wednesday, January 2, 2002, Deron Treadwell wrote:
>
> The following is a release from the University of Maine from
> http://www.goblackbears.com:
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> The Black
> Bears appeared to have tied the game later in the period but a goal was
> nullified due to a high stick.

Perhaps I'm being overly pedantic, but this language has always irked me.
It wasn't that a goal was nullified, the goal never happened. The puck
entered the net, yes, but it wasn't a goal. To word it as above is, in some
way, demeaning to the goalie by implying that she didn't stop a valid shot.

On the other hand, wording it more exactly would be a bit more ponderous.
"The Black Bears appeared to have tied the game later in the period but the
puck had entered the net by a high stick."

Pat Carr
Cornell

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