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Old 05-06-2015, 09:48 AM   #161
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Originally Posted by gargamel View Post
It's not meaningless at all from a mathematical standpoint. If the view that we're seeing is really from a 45 degree angle, the puck has to be past the line if the amount of white space that we can see "under" the puck is greater than the distance that the puck is from the ice. In this case, that is conclusively true.
Yup. Assuming the puck is parallel to the ice. If that angle differs, the equation would be

x = d - (h/tan(a))

d = distance appearing over goal line
h = height from ice to puck
a = angle of view measured from ice surface

If x is a positive number, it's a goal.

I think it was a goal, I didn't think they had enough to overturn it. I loved the end result!
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