Rule 6.6 – Goals and Assists

A goal will be scored when the entire puck has legally passed between the goal posts, below the cross bar, and completely across the goal line.
A goal will be scored if the puck is put into the goal in any manner by a player of the defending team. The player of the attacking team who last played the puck will be credited with the goal.
A goal will NOT be allowed if the puck has been directed into the net as a result of a distinct kicking motion by an attacking player or, after being kicked, the puck deflects off any player or object into the net. Additionally, a goal will not be allowed if an attacking player deliberately directs the puck into the net with any part of their body other than the skate.
If the shot of an attacking player has been deflected into the goal by striking the stick, skates or any part of the body of an attacking player, the goal will be allowed and the player off whom the puck deflected will be credited with the goal and the player making the shot will be credited with the assist.
If a goal is scored as the result of a puck deflecting directly into the goal off of an Official, the goal will not be allowed. After striking an official, the puck must be propelled into the goal.
Should a player propel the puck into the goal crease of the opposing team and the puck becomes loose and available to an attacking player, the puck will be considered in the crease legally and any goal scored on this play will be a legal goal.
Each goal and assist will count as one point in the scoring records. Only one point can be credited to any one player on a goal.

An assist will be credited to a maximum of two attacking players who touch the puck prior to the goal scorer, provided that no defending player subsequently has possession and control of the puck. Assists will not be credited if a defending player puts the puck into their own goal in any manner.
h. In Junior divisions, in the event that the goal post is displaced, either deliberately or accidentally, by a defending player (including the goalkeeper), prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal position of the goalposts, the referee may award a goal.

i. In order to award a goal in this situation, the goal post must have been displaced by the actions of the defending player (including the goalkeeper), the attacking player must have an imminent scoring opportunity prior to the goal post being displaced, and it must be determined that the puck would have entered the net between the normal position of the goal posts.

ii. If the goal post is deliberately displaced by the goalkeeper during the course of a “breakaway”, a goal will be awarded to the non-offending team.

iii. When the goal post has been displaced deliberately by the defending team when the goalkeeper has been removed for an extra attacker thereby preventing an impending goal by the attacking team, the referee shall award a goal to the attacking team.

iv. The goal frame is considered to be displaced if either or both goal pegs are no longer in their respective holes in the ice, or the net has come completely off one or both pegs, prior to or as the puck enters the goal.

INTERPRETATIONS
Interpretation 1	Rule 6.6 (a) No goal may be scored after the Referee deems the play has been stopped. This applies even if the Referee has not had the opportunity to physically blow their whistle. There may be a human element of delay between the Referee making the judgement that play is stopped and actually blowing the whistle.
Interpretation 2	Rule 6.6 (a) A goal is scored. On checking, the Referee is notified that the clock had stopped and was not running when the goal was scored. RULING: Providing the time of the period was not over, the goal will count.
Interpretation 3	Rule 6.6 (a) No goal is to be allowed if the goal is off its mooring, regardless of whether or not the goal may have been deliberately knocked from its mooring, except in the following circumstances: i. Under Rule 4.11 (b)(vi) - Penalty Shot, when the goaltender has deliberately dislodged the goal from its mooring during a Penalty Shot; ii. In accordance with Rule 4.12 (a) & (b) - Awarded Goals, when the goaltender has been removed and they or any teammate has deliberately dislodged the goal from its mooring and such action has prevented a goal from being scored. iii. In accordance with Rule 6.6 (h) in Junior divisions, where the goal post has been displaced by a defending player or goaltender and the attacking player has an imminent scoring opportunity, which leads to the goal.
Interpretation 4	Rule 6.6 (g) Goals which have been awarded, scored from Penalty Shots or scored by the defending team into their own net will be recorded as unassisted goals.
Interpretation 5	Rule 6.6 (g) Goals which have been awarded, scored from Penalty Shots or scored by the defending team into their own net will be recorded as unassisted goals.