On Feb 10, 16:49, Billy Lustgarten wrote:
>A penalty was called on Vermont, but since Cornell had control of the
>puck, it was delayed.  This means that as soon as Vermont gained control
>of the puck, play would be stopped and the penalty would be assessed.
>However, Cornell kept possession of the puck for a while after the
>initial penalty was signaled.  This allowed them to bring their goalie
>to the bench for a 6th skater.  There is virtually no risk in this
>because if Vermont had touched the puck, the whistle would have blown and
>play would have stopped.
 
And every time I see this, I think of the Cornell-at-RPI game back in March of
1986, when the Big Red's Dave Crombeen scored the self-described "prettiest goal
of my career" during a delayed penalty call on himself.  The Engineers pulled
their goalie for the delayed call, and unfortunately for them, one of their
defenseman back-passed the puck into his own net.  Crombeen, being the last
Cornellian to touch the puck, got credit for the goal.
 
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