[jacksonh]

Originally Posted by JDes

The one point I don't agree with you guys on is that Homer doesn't allow Turco to come out and challenge..... That's like saying that Scott Stevens should get an interference penalty for hitting Paul Kariya and not letting him skate through toward the net. This is hockey guys I'm from Detroit so I've been watching this same thing happen all year, and yes sometimes I think they're getting too close but you know what, in the picture above there there is no contact between the two they are very very close but that's why he scores alot of goals in a season.

Except that Paul Kariya isn't a goalie and Stevens wasn't in his crease and Kariya had the puck. The rule is that the goalie is allowed to establish any position he wants in his crease.

If (i) a goalkeeper initiates contact with an offensive player who is in the goal crease; and (ii) such contact is (a) initiated by the goalkeeper in order to establish position in his goal crease; and (b) results in an impairment of the goalkeeper's ability to defend his goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed.

If, after any contact by a goalkeeper who is attempting to establish position in his goal crease, the attacking player does not immediately vacate his current position in the goal crease (i.e. give ground to the goalkeeper), and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed. In all such cases, whether or not a goal is scored, the offensive player will receive a minor penalty for goalkeeper interference.