Did refs get it right on Dallas Stars goalie interference review? (Video)
On Saturday night, Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg appeared to score a goal against the Minnesota Wild. But the Wild asked for a video review, and the referees determined that Stars forward Antoine Roussel interfered with Minnesota goalie Devan Dubnyk.
From the NHL:
The Referee determined that Roussel prevented Dubnyk from doing his job in his crease, in accordance with Rule 78.7 which states in part: “The standard for overturning the call in the event of a ‘GOAL’ call on the ice is that the Referee … determines that the goal should have been disallowed due to ‘Interference on the Goalkeeper,’ as described in Rules 69.1, 69.3 and 69.4.”
Rule 69.1 states that goals should be disallowed if “an attacking player, either by his positioning or by contact, impairs the goalkeeper’s ability to move freely within his crease or defend his goal.”
Look, we’re not sure what you saw here, what exactly did Roussel prevent Dubnyk from doing? Moving forward? He never made an attempt, so essentially the referee is making a speculative call. Move to his right? He complete could have.
Nudge his glove as he was in the crease? Well, that happened:
Did he prevent him from stopping the puck? Well, yes, he did prevent him from doing that, because it was a tremendous screen.
Again, the standard is “if an attacking player enters the goal crease and, by his actions, impairs the goalkeeper’s ability to defend his goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed.”
Are we back to the standard where any entrance into the crease is “impairing the goalie’s ability to defend his goal?” Or was that contact with the glove enough to overturn it?
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