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... -- Disclaimer -- Unless otherwise noted, all opinions expressed above are strictly those of: Bill Fenwick Cornell '86 and '95 LET'S GO RED!! DJF 5/27/94 "What are you writing?" "It's my new self-help book for compulsive shoppers." "What do *you* know about compulsive shoppers?" "I know they buy a lot of books." -- "Dilbert" HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.