Crease Size

Okay, I know this is a little late, but in watching the replay of Maine's goal that was called off, am I the only one (other than my brother) who thinks that if they were playing on a college rink, with the semi-circle crease, as opposed to the newer crease used in the NHL, that Maine's goal would have counted...

In watching those replays, I do not believe that a Maine skater would have been in the crease, given that the college crease doesn't go up quite as far to the sides of the goalie... And, the puck itself may actually have been in the crease before the Maine player shot it, had they been using the typical college crease..

Any thoughts, or I am really just losing it?

I just think it's an inane rule. I honestly couldn't give two shits who won the game, but to have it decided on a technicality is just ridiculous. There's no way that skate had any effect on whether the puck went into the net or not, illustrating the folly of such a broad rule.

Cheers,
Kyle

But I understand why the rule is there... I actually like (I think) that it's not subjective in any way, and that it doesn't come down to the referee's discretion as to whether or not the goalie was interfered with... You go in the crease, the play stops... Simple as that... No confusion...

Back to the question, though... Do you think that if the game was played with a typical college crease, rather than the square NHL one, that the player would still have been in the crease?

Can someone point to a diagram(s) showing the crease dimensions of each? I though the NHL had just chopped the sides off - didn't know they'd also changed other dimensions. (I'll let someone else do the Google-ing on this.) The Maine player was near the edge, so I suppose it's possible.

[Q]Dingus Wrote:

But I understand why the rule is there... I actually like (I think) that it's not subjective in any way, and that it doesn't come down to the referee's discretion as to whether or not the goalie was interfered with... You go in the crease, the play stops... Simple as that... No confusion...
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[bitter]While that's the way it's intended to be, the clearcut rule may be ignored if it's the deciding goal of the Stanley Cup Finals[/bitter]... wait, who am I kidding... [always bitter Buffalo sports fan]

While I was certainly rooting for Buffalo in that series, I can't complain too much about Dallas winning since it resulted in Joey bringing me the Stanley Cup!!!

GO TUBA!!!!

have at it ...

[www.nhl.com]

www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2003/ice_hockey_rules.pdf

[Q]ben03 Wrote:

have at it ...

[www.nhl.com]

www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2003/ice_hockey_rules.pdf[/q]


The diagram of the NCAA crease is on page 17 of the latter link. Looks the same as the NHL crease to me.

To be precise, they're both based on a "semi-circle six feet. . .in radius."