2007-04-04 02:38:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
In most leagues, no attacking player may enter the goal crease with a stick, skate, or any body part before the puck.
If an opposing player enters the crease before the puck does, any goal scored will not count. It gives the goaltender a chance to stop the puck without interference.
2007-04-04 02:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by KaeZoo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, Kaezoo is incorrect. That rule has not been in effect in quite some time. One more reason not to use Wikipedia for a source!
Part of the reason for the crease is to help the goalie know where he is at in relation to the goal. There are also a few penalties still relevant to the crease, one of them being that if a defensive player plays the puck in the crease with his hand or covers it with his hand, it is an automatic penalty shot. The crease is also still considered a spot for the goalie, and refs sometimes take it into effect when trying to determine the intention of a player that interferes with the goaltender.
2007-04-04 10:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anymore? None really. I mean yeah I understood the idea of letting players in the crease(even if it further tainted the Stars' Cup that year and further tainted the (no)goal). Look at how big the creases were getting. Pretty soon they were going to spread to those side face off circles. Now though they have moved the creases back in. It is time to put the rule back in place that players can't be in the crease.
2007-04-04 11:22:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the purposes is that only the goalie can cover the puck in the crease with his hands. If a skater covers the puck with his hand(s) it results in a penalty shot for the other team.
The crease obviously didn't prevent Brett Hull from scoring the Stanley Cup clinching goal for Dallas over Buffalo, even though the rules at the time suggested that it should have....but that's sour grapes.
2007-04-04 09:58:12 · answer #4 · answered by SabreFreek 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Today, it serves as a directional map for goalies. But, you can send your thank-you notes to Brett Hull for eliminating the crease rule. Courtesy of Mr. Hull's 1999 Stanley Cup winning, controversial goal, the crease no longer exists.
2007-04-04 14:11:07 · answer #5 · answered by edwiniv26 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if a player runs into a goalie making it hard for him to make the save, adn the goalie is in the crease, it's a penalty
2007-04-04 10:34:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in then nhl that is right but not in youth hockey there is a faceoff outside the zone if a player goes into the crease
2007-04-04 10:08:07 · answer #7 · answered by novaicedogs9 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the crease is necessary for penalties
2007-04-04 09:46:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
for goals
2007-04-04 12:37:49 · answer #9 · answered by meet hockey USE YOUR IMAGINATION 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that is how to determine a goal!!!!!!!!
2007-04-04 10:14:00 · answer #10 · answered by Jenna 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋