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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
So should players be untouchable behind the net or should players be jumping over the goalie in order to check the player looking to make an outlet pass? Silly argument IMO.
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It may be silly to you because you're just not thinking it through properly. The ref clearly saw it as a penalty so try to think why. Players aren't untouchable behind the net, never have been and never will be. This kind of play happens in every game but what usually happens is that the guy goes for the puck or plays the body while the puck is still there. The player passed the puck and was turned by the time the offender hit him. Maybe "north to south" was not the perfect wording but that's why I used these "" around it. In the "north to south" argument, all it means is that the player is facing one way and is hit from the side. Dumolin was defenseless and hit into the boards extremely hard.