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Originally Posted by thefoss1957
And in 50 years of watching hockey, I can't recall seeing a ref with the balls to call the automatic goal on the empty net takedown...they usually wimp out and just send the guy to the box.
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It's not very common but I've seen it called quite a few times.
Can't remember exactly who but a Flames player was awarded a goal within the last couple years due to this rule.