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Originally Posted by united
Marek has some petty and corny but valid ones. I respect it.
Slot area, as opposed to just slot
Scoring chance, as opposed to just chance
Good goal, as opposed to just goal
Highsticking, as opposed to lowsticking?
Icetime, as opposed to just time.
Centre ice, as opposed to just centre.
Puck possession, as opposed to just possession.
Goalpost, as opposed to just post (goalcrossbar?).
Two-minute minor, as opposed to just minor.
Why is there a penalty for elbowing - it’s a head contact penalty
Fighting not being a match penalty - by definition a fight is trying to injure your opponent.
A 0-0 game is not a scoreless game, it is a goalless game.
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Nothingburger
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Most of those objections are ridiculous.
‘Good goal’: Only used when the officials review a goal to see whether it was scored legally. The adjective emphasizes that the legitimacy of the goal was in question.
‘Highsticking’: That is and has always been the official name of the infraction in the rulebook. There is no rule against having your stick as low as you please.
‘Icetime’: Refers to the time on ice for a particualr player, as opposed to total elapsed time in the game. Useful for that purpose.
‘Centre ice’: Distinguishes the location from the player known as a centre.
‘Goalpost’: Originally, in hockey and in all the early varieties of organized football, the posts were the only markers indicating where the goal was. They were therefore called goal posts. Nobody is going to change this long-established usage just because somebody thinks it doesn't make sense in one of the many games in which such posts are used.
There is a penalty for elbowing because that was an infraction long before head contact became illegal. In fact, you don't have to hit someone in the head with your elbow to get an elbowing penalty.
Fighting is not a match penalty because a match penalty automatically results in the ejection of the offending player. The rules were written to penalize fighting in such a way that it did
not result in ejection.
And yes, a 0-0 game is a scoreless game, because neither team has scored.