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> You have to read the rule very carefully.  Put an other way, it says that
> the attcking player must legally PROPEL the puck toward the goal, then
> it can BOUNCE off anything.  The other part says that if a defensive player
> touches it last it will score.  What the attacking side cannot do is
> illegally propel, which includes kicking.  This is my interpretation, not
 
You are correct.  The IMPETUS for the shot must be a legal shot by the
stick of an attacking player, or any shot (most likely mistakenly) by a
defending player.  Any non-intentional deflections by either side (bouncing
off a player, a skate, etc.) do not affect the calling of the goal.  If,
however, the referee judges that the path of the puck was re-directed by
an attacking player by glove, body, or skate, then the goal is disallowed.
 
Goals scored from high sticks are disallowed unless high sticked by a
defending player into his own net.
 
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Kenny Zalewski -- Head Referee, RPI Intramural Ice Hockey Program
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 65 13th Street, 1st floor, Troy, NY, 12180
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