A bug in the game and a disallowed regulation goal

@MaestroDenny 

It looks like the player's skate may have contacted the goalie. Which would result in no goal..

@MaestroDenny 

I don't agree. The goalie is in the crease trying to make a save. If a player makes contact, the goal is going to be waived off.

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@EA_Aljo wrote:

@MaestroDenny 

I don't agree. The goalie is in the crease trying to make a save. If a player makes contact, the goal is going to be waived off.

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I think I can see @MaestroDenny 's point here:

The goalie runs into the player, and the player actually slams the brakes on to avoid the collision but still gets penalized with a no-goal call.

It would seem that the conditions in place to determine player-goalie contact don't take into consideration the animation choice for the goalie actually being the aggressor of contact.

From my understanding, if the goalie initiates contact with the player, the goal should still count. 

@MaestroDenny 

This is from the NHL rulebook:

"If a goalkeeper, in the act of establishing his position within his goal crease, initiates contact with an attacking player who is in the goal crease, and this results in an impairment of the goalkeeper’s ability to defend his goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed."

To me, this means the goal in the clip being waived off is accurate.

If this was real and I was a referee, it'd be a good goal; the problem is the game is a bunch of 1's and 0's and very black and white (it's why so many interference penalties happen).

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@EA_Aljo wrote:

@MaestroDenny 

This is from the NHL rulebook:

"If a goalkeeper, in the act of establishing his position within his goal crease, initiates contact with an attacking player who is in the goal crease, and this results in an impairment of the goalkeeper’s ability to defend his goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed."

To me, this means the goal in the clip being waived off is accurate.

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That's fair. Like @TTZ_Dipsy says, it's a black/white approach to these types of scenarios. Understandably so, but for your average user it can appear questionable.