Re: North Dakota @ Minnesota 1/18/12
Double checked the ruling. The new ruling this season is if the "back" of the net is dislodged, it does not affect play if the puck goes in. If the net comes off the moorings, it does affect play and that was the call the refs made in this case for the "no goal".
Actually, no, the new rule doesn't say that:
"26.2 Net Dislodgement - In the event that the goal post is displaced, either deliberately or accidentally, by a defending player, prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal position of the goalposts, the Referee may award a goal.
In order to award a goal in this situation, the goal post must have been displaced by the actions of a defending player, the puck must have been shot (or the player must be in position to shoot) at the goal prior to the goal post being displaced, and it must be determined that the puck would have entered the net between the normal position of the goal posts.
When the goal post has been displaced deliberately by the defending team when their goalkeeper has been removed for an extra attacker thereby preventing an impending goal by the attacking team, the Referee shall award a goal to the attacking team.
The goal frame is considered to be displaced if either or both goal pegs are no longer in their respective holes in the ice, or the net has come completely off one or both pegs, prior to or as the puck enters the goal. This rule also applies to other types of net anchoring systems."
The rule number from the link earlier is from the proposals, the 26.2 is straight from the actual rulebook:
http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/IH14.pdf
What I'm wondering is if they decided that Haula went into the net himself. It looked to me like he was pushed, in which case the goal should have counted, but if they decided that Haula did himself, then the no-goal was right.
