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Originally Posted by browna
While technically MT hits the Jets defenseman that stopped short, and that defenseman brushes the goalie, that’s not even by rule automatic goalie interference.And by no means was MT intentionally causing interference, directly or indirectly. The contact has to also prevent the goalie from being able to make the save.
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Here are the relevant sections of the actual rule:
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Goals should be disallowed only if: (1) an attacking player, either by his positioning or by contact, impairs the goalkeeper’s ability to move freely within his crease or defend his goal; or (2) an attacking player initiates intentional or deliberate contact with a goalkeeper, inside or outside of his goal crease. Incidental contact with a goalkeeper will be permitted, and resulting goals allowed, when such contact is initiated outside of the goal crease, provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such contact.
The overriding rationale of this rule is that a goalkeeper should have the ability to move freely within his goal crease without being hindered by the actions of an attacking player. If an attacking player enters the goal crease and, by his actions, impairs the goalkeeper’s ability to defend his goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed.
If a defending player has been pushed, shoved, or fouled by an attacking player so as to cause the defending player to come into contact with his own goalkeeper, such contact shall be deemed contact initiated by the attacking player for purposes of this rule, and if necessary a penalty assessed to the attacking player and if a goal is scored it would be disallowed.
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IMO, the video is pretty clear that Tkachuk initiates contact with the Jets' player, which causes him to have incidental contact with Hellybuck inside the crease. That knocked Hellybuck away from the middle of the net, and delayed him from pushing off to try to make a save on the rebound. Basically, all of the element needed to give rise to no goal.
If the sweaters were reversed, I'd be pissed if the goal were allowed to stand, so am not going to turn hypocrite and cry foul when it goes against the Flames, let alone claim it's part of a conspiracy to screw over the Flames (which some posters in the Game Thread did).