25 top NON-drug cheating scandals

[FireCaptain 563]

Hasek/Hull makes the list at 25.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedi...content.25.html

whole thing from start to finish:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedi.../content.1.html

[Yzermania19 1]

Brett Hull won the 1999 Stanley Cup for the Stars when he beat Buffalo's Dominik Hasek for the series-clinching goal in the third overtime of Game 6 of the 1999 finals. Hull also won the wrath of Sabres fans, who said his skate was in the crease before the puck. But the refs allowed the goal to stand after watching a replay and determining Hull had control of the puck.

From that picture Hull has his whole freaking leg in the crease and it sure doesn't look like he has "control" of the puck to me. Still, the rule at the time was, if any part of the skate is in the crease, the goal is disallowed. That was the season Homer had about 142 goals disallowed because he always had the teeniest part of his big toe in the crease.

And from what I remember at the time, the play was reviewed after Bettman had already handed the Cup to the Stars and they were in their dressing room partying... half an hour later, the NHL officials were like, "oops." At that point, what are they going to do? Knock on the Stars' dressing room and say, "Excuse me, we made an error - upon reviewing the play, Hull, your skate was in the crease so the goal didn't count. You've got to go back out there and finish playing the game." I mean, there's no precedent for that situation.

Still, I think the Stars' 1999 Cup ought to have an asterisk next to it, saying due to an oversight of the skate in the crease rule, the Stars were prematurely awarded the Stanley Cup, but due to the length of time post-game in which the error was discovered, the NHL allowed the team to keep the Cup. Or something like that.

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[FireCaptain 563]

That was the season Homer had about 142 goals disallowed because he always had the teeniest part of his big toe in the crease.

Actually, it would be his heel in the crease since he's usually facing the shooter.

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Down at the ASPCA adopting dogs?

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

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[eva unit zero 271]

From that picture Hull has his whole freaking leg in the crease and it sure doesn't look like he has "control" of the puck to me. Still, the rule at the time was, if any part of the skate is in the crease, the goal is disallowed. That was the season Homer had about 142 goals disallowed because he always had the teeniest part of his big toe in the crease.

And from what I remember at the time, the play was reviewed after Bettman had already handed the Cup to the Stars and they were in their dressing room partying... half an hour later, the NHL officials were like, "oops." At that point, what are they going to do? Knock on the Stars' dressing room and say, "Excuse me, we made an error - upon reviewing the play, Hull, your skate was in the crease so the goal didn't count. You've got to go back out there and finish playing the game." I mean, there's no precedent for that situation.

Still, I think the Stars' 1999 Cup ought to have an asterisk next to it, saying due to an oversight of the skate in the crease rule, the Stars were prematurely awarded the Stanley Cup, but due to the length of time post-game in which the error was discovered, the NHL allowed the team to keep the Cup. Or something like that.

The way the rule worked was initially that any part of the player in the crease disallowed the goal. THAT WAS CHANGED MIDSEASON, due to the fact a large number of goals were being disallowed because of when the puck carrier entered the crease; notably breakaway goals. An amendment was made that the skate could be in the crease so long as the player whose skate was in the crease entered legally, acquired possession while the puck was in the crease, and maintained possession. Hull went into the crease after the puck, gathered the puck in the crease, and drew it back to shoot (the picture you see that is linked). Yes, it's true he did pivot while drawing the puck back, but the fact remains that he was in the crease legally. Good goal.

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Awaiting trial?