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Originally Posted by Arles
I'm not sure grazing a player's leg would negate an offensive zone hand pass. The rule just says it has to go directly to a teammate. If a player hand passes it directly to a teammate and it grazes a defensive player, it still went to the offensive player. There's a 100% chance that gets reversed if it is eligible for a review.
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Yeah, I re-read the rulebook last night and I think it actually declares that the puck needs to be possessed by the other team before the hand-pass is negated. So even if it bounced right off him, unless Bouwmeester got possession it's still a hand pass.