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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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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
You don't watch much hockey then. The officials always award a goal when a guy is taken down on a breakaway with an empty net. In all my time watching hockey, I have never seen them not call a goal in that situation.
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I'm with Resolute, I've never not seen it called. I specifically remember several instances in just Flames' games the last few seasons.
About 5 years ago or so, the Flames were awarded a goal in such a situation that ended up being the game winning goal, since the other team scored a goal after it.