Goalie interference or nah by Bennett?

Was this goalie interference?

  • Yes

    Votes: 276 74.6%
  • No

    Votes: 94 25.4%

  • Total voters
    370

Ugene Magic

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He's there, but is he preventing Swayman from moving? Nah. Once he gets hit in the back and is on top of Swayman is when that happens.
Yes. He's stopped before the shove.

Doesn't get anymore clear than this.
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Ugene Magic

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Stopped as in he's not moving, sure. The human body is a marvelous thing though. It has this whole upper half that operates independently of the legs
And his player is in his way. There's no getting to a puck Coyle's leg /skate is blocking a puck that is along the ice. Coyle put himself there. There's no saving a puck he can't get to from the start.
 

TD Charlie

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And his player is in his way. There's no getting to a puck Coyle's leg /skate is blocking a puck that is along the ice. Coyle put himself there. There's no saving a puck he can't get to from the start.
I guess there’s no way to know, since Swayman wasn’t allowed to make an attempt
 
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Mick Riddleton

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Yes. He's stopped before the shove.

Doesn't get anymore clear than this.
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Coyle was stopped; his left leg is out to dig into the ice, and his momentum after that is because of the push. He is very responsible in his own end and would not carelessly drift into the goalie for no no reason, as you assume here. It does not get more simple than this, he has no reason to go forward. That would be stupid, anyone who has laced up the skates knows this.
 

Ugene Magic

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Coyle was stopped; his left leg is out to dig into the ice, and his momentum after that is because of the push. He is very responsible in his own end and would not carelessly drift into the goalie for no no reason, as you assume here. It does not get more simple than this, he has no reason to go forward. That would be stupid, anyone who has laced up the skates knows this.
He stopped himself in the crease at the point of the puck deflecting off his pad whereas to keep Swayman's progress to a stop before any other factors come into play. His left skate/leg stopped Swayman before anything else transpires.
 

goflyakite

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Coyle was already in his way to start, so I don't know how a nudge was going to change anything. Coyle was in the blue paint and in the way without the push. His left leg/skate.
Still irrelevant unless you believe Coyle was also going to fall into his goalie completely on his own simply because he was “in the blue paint” and “in his way to start”.

Like damn people, ignore the goal or the puck being there entirely — it’s still a goaltender interference penalty. You guys are completely missing the point.
 

Ugene Magic

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Still irrelevant unless you believe Coyle was also going to fall into his goalie completely on his own simply because he was “in the blue paint” and “in his way to start”.

Like damn people, ignore the goal or the puck being there entirely — it’s still a goaltender interference penalty. You guys are completely missing the point.
He literally plays the puck at the point of Coyle stopping his skate. Did he not just play the puck?

How's it GI? People need to remember this was a bang, bang play. Where was his time coming to play that puck? Coyle essentially cut him off from playing it. No shove required.
 
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Mick Riddleton

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He stopped himself in the crease at the point of the puck deflecting off his pad whereas to keep Swayman's progress to a stop before any other factors come into play. His left skate/leg stopped Swayman before anything else transpires.
Your vid sucks man, you cannot even pause it. I found one where you can and Coyle's left leg does not even make contact with the puck or Swayman. Coyle's body goes into him, because he was stopping away from Swayman. You can actually see the skate blade digging in and showering snow from the stop, till he got shoved from behind That stopped Swaymans attempt to make a push over or anything in that regard. The more I watch it the more it looks really bad. It does not matter if he could save it or not, he was not given the chance. NHL blew this one huge.
 

Ugene Magic

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Your vid sucks man, you cannot even pause it. I found one where you can and Coyle's left leg does not even make contact with the puck or Swayman. Coyle's body goes into him, because he was stopping and angled away from Swayman. You can actually see the skate blade digging in and showering snow from the stop, till he got shoved from behind That stopped Swaymans attempt to make a push over or anything in that regard. The more I watch it the more it looks really bad. It does not matter if he could save it or not, he was not given the chance. NHL blew this one huge.
That's because it's a gif.

The point is the shove didn't stop him, Coyle just being there did.
 
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Mick Riddleton

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That's because it's a gif.

The point is the shove didn't stop him, Coyle just being there did.
Coyle was only in the way because of the shove/cross check. You can see his left skate make the turn to stop and dig in. When someone pushes you from behind, you will go forward; that is what happened.

Coyle does not make it a habit to go running into his goalie on purpose, as your theory portrays. If anything, he is one of the strongest players I have seen, shielding the puck from opposing players by taking hits to the back.
 

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