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CASEBOOK RULE 610: DELAYING THE GAME
 

Situation 7
With both goalkeepers in goal, when should the Referee award a goal for deliberately displacing the goal?

There are three conditions that must be met. They are:

1. There was not enough time for the Referee to stop play for a displaced goal before the shot was taken,
2. The goal must be deliberately displaced by a defending team player or goalkeeper. And
3. The puck would have undoubtedly entered the goal had the goal not been displaced.

Rule Reference 610(e).

This situation generally occurs during a scramble in front of the goal when the defending goalkeeper is out of position with an attacking player in the process of shooting the puck into the open net. This is usually a last ditch effort by the defending team to prevent the goal from being scored. If, in the judgment of the Referee, the attacking team would have scored had the goal not been displaced, a goal must be awarded.