The NHL rulebooks says the following:
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Hand Pass - A player shall be permitted to stop or “bat” a puck in the
air with his open hand, or push it along the ice with his hand, and the
play shall not be stopped unless, in the opinion of the on-ice officials,
he has directed the puck to a teammate, or has allowed his team to
gain an advantage, and subsequently possession and control of the
puck is obtained by a player of the offending team, either directly or
deflected off any player or official.
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That might be the only thing that applies. And even then the ref would have to determine that he propelled it towards the net with the intent to score and it happened to hit his stick on the way in. If he knocks it down to play it with his stick and it happens to bounce in off his stick I think it should count.
This would essentially be what Puckluck said.
Obviously if he knocks it down and just shoots it in it should be a good goal.
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78.5 Disallowed Goals – Apparent goals shall be disallowed by the
Referee and the appropriate announcement made by the Public
Address Announcer for the following reasons:
(i) When the puck has been directed, batted or thrown into the net by an
attacking player other than with a stick.
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I don't think this applies because it touched a stick before it went in.