The NHL's rules on goaltender interference are crystal clear, they are also publicly available to anyone willing to look. “if an attacking player has been pushed, shoved, or fouled by a defending player so as to cause him to come into contact with th
“if an attacking player has been pushed, shoved, or fouled by a defending player so as to cause him to come into contact with the goalkeeper, such contact will not be deemed contact initiated by the attacking player for purposes of this rule, provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such contact.”Keeping that in mind, it's painfully obvious to anyone with any common sense that the Wild were robbed of a key goal in last night's third period. With the Penguins up by two Mikael Granlund fired a shot on goal that was stopped by Penguins keeper Thomas Greiss, Mikko Koivu quickly jumped on the rebound and fired it over the goal line before it was swept out by the glove of Penguin Marcel Goc. However the goal was waved off, because the ref had judged Granlund had interfered with the goalie, despite clearly being check into Greiss by the Penguins own Kris Letang. The best part? The refs went back and reviewed the play, only to determine the play could not be reviewed. Great job refs! Video courtesy some hockey videos.
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