No Goal, then a Goal

[USCHO Newsbot]

Notre Dame’s Kyle Lawson appeared to make this one a goal game, but after a looooong review by the video replay official Greg Shephard, it was ruled that the puck was directed off Lawson’s skate. He appeared to be try trying to stop the puck with his skate at the far crease to put the [...]

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[RedSquirrel]

Goal. That was no kicking motion. If he "kicked" it with his right foot, was that considered a "kick" with his left foot?? I was actually cheering for BC, and they got a gift in that one. I would have liked a triple overtime, BC win.

[OldDomer]

In general, anytime a player cups his two blades in a "V", he's trying to stop a pass that's in his skates, which was the case here. The velocity of the pass just happen to be enough to ricochet the puck into the net. If Lawson had been trying to score with his skate off the pass, he would have just used one skate. Not many players out there have perfected the flying two bladed bank redirection with a kick off the centering pass, LOL.

You don't overrule the on-ice official on that one. If I were the referee I'd have gone over the distinct kicking motion with Shepherd in the alley after the game.