Goalie interference expected to be a hot topic at NHL GM meetings
Goalie interference, which has quickly become the most talked about rule in hockey, is expected to be a focus when NHL general managers meet in Florida beginning Monday.
Coaches were given the option to challenge for goalie interference this season if they had their timeout, with referees looking at a video monitor while communicating with the league’s hockey operations department.
But with the on-ice officials getting the final say in the heat of the moment, there have been a number of head-scratching decisions.
Pittsburgh’s Mike Sullivan was one of the more recent coaches left fuming when a goal by Penguins defenceman Brian Dumoulin was waved off by the referee on the ice off after it was judged the player made contact with Maple Leafs netminder Frederik Andersen before scoring last weekend.