Daily Faceoff’s Vasili Gianarankos reports that the 2023-2024 season finds tweaks to several NHL rules via a post from Scouting the Refs, including an infamous rule for Red Wings fans with long memories:
Puck-in-Netting Challenges Clarified (Rule 38.2)
The coach’s challenge rule regarding missed stoppages has been updated to specify the eligible situations for a challenge when the puck contacts the spectator netting. Such plays are eligible for a challenge no matter the team that caused the puck to go up into the netting. This update is consistent with how the rule was applied in the 2022-23 season. “A play that results in a “GOAL” call on the ice where the defending team claims that the play should have been stopped by reason of any play occurring in the offensive zone that should have resulted in a play stoppage caused by the attacking team but did not. The one exception to this provision is when the puck strikes the spectator netting caused by either team and goes unnoticed by the on-ice officials.“
Continued, with more tweaks as provided by Scouting the Refs; the Red Wings have scored a couple of goals that shouldn’t have counted due to pucks in the netting, and have had more than a few goals against due to missed calls in that regard. It appears that any “unnoticed” play is now legal.
