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Originally Posted by Macindoc
In that case, it was both, a missed closing the hand penalty, followed by a missed stoppage for a hand pass. The hand pass was not a direct result of closing the hand on the puck, it was a subsequent, independent action. If it was just the missed closing the hand penalty but he did not subsequently use his hand to direct the puck to give his team an advantage, the league would have been justified in saying that there was no missed stoppage. Speaking of which, technically, a missed penalty call before the offending team scores IS ALWAYS a missed stoppage, because if a penalty had been called, a stoppage would have occurred before the goal was scored.
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You can’t overturn a goal because of a missed penalty like the closed hand on that Forsberg play. It’s in the rule book.
There was also no hand pass. Forsberg played it with his hand. It went over the net. Weegar then played the puck right to the Nashville player. Weegar’s playing of the puck negated the hand touch.
It really sucks that a goal like that stood but by letter of the rule book, I don’t see how you can overturn that play.