2. Hull's toe in the crease. Unbelievable how the league would disregard a rule it had enforced all year.
Unbelievable how so many people intentionally disregard what the rule was, and how goals like it were allowed to stand.
I wish I had a copy of a Coach's Corner from the following season where Cherry shows a clip from a game from the same season where a goal was scored under the exact same circumstances as Hull's and stood.
-"An attacking player maintains control of the puck but skates into the crease before the puck enters the crease and shoots the puck into the net. Result: Goal is allowed. The offside-rule rationale applies." (A player actually controlling the puck who crosses the line ahead of the puck is not considered off-side.)
-"Attacking player takes a shot on net and after doing so, skates into the crease. The initial shot deflects outside the crease. The original player, still in the crease, recovers the puck, which is now outside the crease, and scores. Result: Goal is disallowed. The player did not maintain control of the puck."
Unbelievable how so many people intentionally disregard what the rule was, and how goals like it were allowed to stand.
I wish I had a copy of a Coach's Corner from the following season where Cherry shows a clip from a game from the same season where a goal was scored under the exact same circumstances as Hull's and stood.
And forget the memo that was sent to all officials in March regarding interpretation of the rule