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Originally Posted by bbor
It actually is a rule...When the ref in his mind intends to blow the whistle the play is dead from that point on regardless if he has blown the whistle or not.
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I know that's the (incredibly stupid) rule, but there is no way that the ref in his mind would have ever intended to blow the whistle before the puck was in the net. Unless he intended to blow the whistle while the puck was still on May's stick, then there really wasn't an opportunity for him to intend to blow it before the goal was scored.
There was not enough time to even think about intending to do anything between the puck hitting the pad and crossing the redline.
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