HighToTheGloveSide
Hoochie mama.....
So you think the refs are going to go look at the replay and not look at it in slow motion??
Here is what I could find on touching the puck in your own crease - not sure if this is the exact wording of the NCAA rule:
"No defending player, except the goalkeeper, will be permitted to fall on the puck, hold the puck, pick up the puck, or gather the puck into the body or hands when the puck is within the goal crease. For infringement of this rule, play shall immediately be stopped and a Penalty shot shall be ordered against the offending team.”
Sounds pretty cut and dried to me and not a “let the players decide it” situation.
Here is what I could find on touching the puck in your own crease - not sure if this is the exact wording of the NCAA rule:
"No defending player, except the goalkeeper, will be permitted to fall on the puck, hold the puck, pick up the puck, or gather the puck into the body or hands when the puck is within the goal crease. For infringement of this rule, play shall immediately be stopped and a Penalty shot shall be ordered against the offending team.”
Sounds pretty cut and dried to me and not a “let the players decide it” situation.