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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
That's not the rule. Rule only cares if it's a distinct kicking motion. Intention is irrelevant. Doesn't matter if it goes off the goalie on the way in, either; still no goal.
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That's not how I read the rule:
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38.4.iv: Puck directed or batted into the net by a hand or foot or deliberately batted with any part of the attacking player’s body. With the use of a foot/skate, was a distinct kicking motion evident? If so, the apparent goal must be disallowed. A DISTINCT KICKING MOTION is one which the player propels the puck with his skate into the net.
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The rule cares both whether there was a distinct kicking motion, AND whether the motion was what propels the puck into the net. On the second point, the goal cannot be disallowed for the kicking motion, because the puck was not at any point directed by Rousell's skate into the net. It was directed over the net from behind, and only entered the net because Dubnyk's head was in the way.
However, I tend to agree that the goal should have been disallowed because the net was displaced in the process of the puck crossing the goal-line.