Who gets the goal if two players tap or push the puck into the net simultaenously?

[TheMule93]

Lets say theres a loose puck behind the tendie and two players reach for the puck to tap it in and they both hit it at the exact same time, and the puck leaves their sticks at the exact same time. Who is awarded the goal?

The goal that Okposo just scored made me think of this. He and Reinhart almost did this.

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[FatTugboatFlahr]

The more handsome player is to be awarded the goal.

 

[KPower]

Crosby

 

[Canuck21t]

The more handsome player is to be awarded the goal.

But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[King King]

Whoever had the more distinct shooting motion I suppose. Not sure if there's anything written into the rules for such a scenario.

 

[Mr Snrub]

The player with fewer goals if it's a Canadian team, because Canada is a socialist country. The player with more goals if it's an American team, because Donald Trump is the president

 

[Stealth JD]

half a goal each, obviously.

 

[TheMule93]

Whoever had the more distinct shooting motion I suppose. Not sure if there's anything written into the rules for such a scenario.

Yeah, realistically it would probably leave someone's stick last (which would be discernible in slow motion). But if they both pushed it in with the puck on their sticks the entire time, maybe they'd give it to whoever touched it first? idk

 

[Elvs]

 

[Preisst*]

Yeah, realistically it would probably leave someone's stick last (which would be discernible in slow motion). But if they both pushed it in with the puck on their sticks the entire time, maybe they'd give it to whoever touched it first? idk

Whoever touched it last would get the goal, if it's close it's at the referee's discretion.

btw - what in the world is a 'tendie' - I guess I know what it is supposed to mean but??????????

 

[Mantis]

The goal is disallowed

 

[ichabod13]

i have no idea.

not trying to derail the thread but, lets just say........

you have scored 999 points in your NHL career and pass to a kid playing his first NHL game and he scores........its your 1000th point ( nothing to sneeze at ) but its his first goal.

who gets the puck?

 

[db2011]

I love the answers to this

 

[The Night King]

Whoever called it first.

 

[tarheelhockey]

At the end of the day, it's up to the discretion of the officials. If they have to arbitrarily pick someone, then that's what they'll do.

 

[Quarter]

Whoever touched it last would get the goal, if it's close it's at the referee's discretion.

btw - what in the world is a 'tendie' - I guess I know what it is supposed to mean but??????????

Goaltender. The real question is what separates a goaltender's 'tendie' from a chicken tender's 'tendie'.

I'm assuming it's the presence (or lack there of) of fries.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Whoever celebrates harder gets awarded the goal

 

[Mattavarner]

i have no idea.

not trying to derail the thread but, lets just say........

you have scored 999 points in your NHL career and pass to a kid playing his first NHL game and he scores........its your 1000th point ( nothing to sneeze at ) but its his first goal.

who gets the puck?

you give it to the kid, the 1000th point is nowhere near as memorable as a first NHL goal

 

[Leafs87]

This is a very summer like thread

 

[Preisst*]

Goaltender. The real question is what separates a goaltender's 'tendie' from a chicken tender's 'tendie'.

I'm assuming it's the presence (or lack there of) of fries.

Instead of fries it's served with another one of those "new age internet" meals aka The Clapper........

Tendie with Clappers please.......yuck.....

 

[talkinaway]

i have no idea.

not trying to derail the thread but, lets just say........

you have scored 999 points in your NHL career and pass to a kid playing his first NHL game and he scores........its your 1000th point ( nothing to sneeze at ) but its his first goal.

who gets the puck?

They both do.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-split-puck-marincin-miller-milestones/

That example is probably more common than yours - rookies sharing first point and first goal.

As far as the original question...I think it's basically a moot point. One gets a goal, the other gets an assist. Of the 200 or so goals a team gets per year, there HAS to be at least 1 or 2 whose scoring is questionable. I think that small amount of error built into the system is okay. Other than the handful of players trying to reach contract bonuses, or going for the individual awards, or trying to break a record that couldn't otherwise be broken, I don't think the players really care at all. And you can make the argument that if you needed that goal to make a contract bonus, maybe you should have worked harder to get one more goal elsewhere. (AFAIK, most of the bonuses I'm familiar with are more as insurance that you only have to pay a player if he produces some reasonable results and doesn't wind up on the bench due to injury. But I could be wrong.)

 

[Hennessy]

Whatever happened to Pucks' Rights? Like only the sticks get to choose which one of them scored? It's the puck that did the actual scoring, maybe let it decide. For shame, HF.

 

[Mubiki]

If it's truly simultaneous, I would say it defaults to whomever had the longest shift.

If that is equal, flip a coin.

 

[Mubiki]

They both do.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-split-puck-marincin-miller-milestones/

That example is probably more common than yours - rookies sharing first point and first goal.

As far as the original question...I think it's basically a moot point. One gets a goal, the other gets an assist. Of the 200 or so goals a team gets per year, there HAS to be at least 1 or 2 whose scoring is questionable. I think that small amount of error built into the system is okay. Other than the handful of players trying to reach contract bonuses, or going for the individual awards, or trying to break a record that couldn't otherwise be broken, I don't think the players really care at all. And you can make the argument that if you needed that goal to make a contract bonus, maybe you should have worked harder to get one more goal elsewhere. (AFAIK, most of the bonuses I'm familiar with are more as insurance that you only have to pay a player if he produces some reasonable results and doesn't wind up on the bench due to injury. But I could be wrong.)

Cutting the puck in half is seriously cool as ****. If that were my first goal/assist, that would make it even better.

 

[gqmixmaster]

The guy who raises his arms first