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Originally Posted by fire_starter
It was along the goal line tho. Never crossed.
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This does raise an interesting question:
It didn't happen in this instance, but what say a puck actually blows through a hole in the net without actually crossing the line?
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Originally Posted by NHL Rulebook 78.4
"A goal shall be scored when the puck shall have been put between the goal posts by the stick of a player of the attacking side, from in front and below the crossbar, and entirely across a red line the width of the diameter of the goal posts drawn on the ice from one goal post to the other with the goal frame in its proper position."
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I think it has to be a goal, but technically speaking it isn't one.