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Originally Posted by Canada 02
excerpt from Rule 69.1
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.
I assume, the ref determined that Trouba did not try to avoid contact
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End of discussion. Trouba made no effort to avoid Rittich. And the contact with Rittich's skate resulted in him falling down and being unable to make a save.