- Dec 22, 2010
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Yes the question in the title seems ridiculous but bear with me. Is it legal to challenge that your own goal should not count?
This stems from the situation at the end of the leafs/Hawks game where Toronto was losing 3-1 and scored with 6 seconds left. This makes the game 3-2 but the odds of scoring in 6 seconds with the faceoff at center ice are almost 0. It turns out that the Leafs zone entry at 51 seconds remaining was offside. Because the clock is under a minute this review happens automatically and the goal was called back. The clock was reset to 51 seconds and now the Leafs have 51 seconds to score twice. Still very difficult but I would say more likely than scoring once in 6 seconds with the faceoff at center. In theory this goal being called back helped Toronto. If the offside review wasn't automatic and Chicago decided not to challenge(which they shouldn't) would the Leafs be allowed to challenge that their own goal should not count?
With the automatic review a real game situation would require the situation to happen outside 1 minute which gives you enough time it's tough to find a scenario that fits but lets say a team is losing 5-1 and enters the offensive zone offside with 18 minutes left, and possesses the puck in the offsensive zone for 16 minutes and 55 seconds before finally scoring(crazy I know but it's a hypothetical). They're down 5-2 with 1:05 left. But if the goal gets called back they're down 5-1 with 18 minutes left. Can they challenge their own goal?
This stems from the situation at the end of the leafs/Hawks game where Toronto was losing 3-1 and scored with 6 seconds left. This makes the game 3-2 but the odds of scoring in 6 seconds with the faceoff at center ice are almost 0. It turns out that the Leafs zone entry at 51 seconds remaining was offside. Because the clock is under a minute this review happens automatically and the goal was called back. The clock was reset to 51 seconds and now the Leafs have 51 seconds to score twice. Still very difficult but I would say more likely than scoring once in 6 seconds with the faceoff at center. In theory this goal being called back helped Toronto. If the offside review wasn't automatic and Chicago decided not to challenge(which they shouldn't) would the Leafs be allowed to challenge that their own goal should not count?
With the automatic review a real game situation would require the situation to happen outside 1 minute which gives you enough time it's tough to find a scenario that fits but lets say a team is losing 5-1 and enters the offensive zone offside with 18 minutes left, and possesses the puck in the offsensive zone for 16 minutes and 55 seconds before finally scoring(crazy I know but it's a hypothetical). They're down 5-2 with 1:05 left. But if the goal gets called back they're down 5-1 with 18 minutes left. Can they challenge their own goal?
