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Originally Posted by puckluck2
Why was Smyth's goal allowed? They make rules for the heck of it? Smyth clearly directed the puck into the net with his body intentionally.
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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Judging by the icing call they probably don't know this rule i would recommend mailing it to them so they know why they got booted out of the nhl.