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Originally Posted by Tinordi
If it's a goaltender safety issue then it's even more quizzical. To tip a puck you have to be by defnition away from the goalie for it to be effective.
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I don't disagree, but it is the only rationalization I can come up with to explain the difference in rules. It's probably a left over from the days when goalies didn't wear helmets, and they probably wanted to keep sticks down around the net.