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Originally Posted by UncleWede
Why can't you kick the puck into the net? I mean, I'm happy they disallowed the goal and the Kings beat the Ducks, but I just don't understand some of these rules.
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Sometimes you lose your stick during play (breakage, dislodged from hands, etc) yet you still need to be able to contribute to your team offensively or defensively. You can't kick it into the goal because this isn't soccer. Getting to the bench after losing a stick sometimes isn't feasible, if you retreated to the bench with the puck in your defensive zone you'd basically give the other team a 10-15 second power play.