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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
There definitely was contact. But it was challenged because Kirkland was forced to that spot by the Sen, mainly from his stick behind Kirkland's knee which didn't really give him any other place to go. Kirkland did not make contact on his own. Even the Amazon guys were saying it looked like the Sen forced Kirkland into his own goalie.
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Kirkland's skates were both turned outward. He was doing everything he could to stop, but first the initial defender's contact with his body and finally the stick push on his skate forced him in. Deliberate effort by the D to force contact with the goaltender should never result in a goaltender interference call.