That’s sort of where we are with goalie interference these days. Referred to as Rule 69 in the official rulebook, goalie interference has nine different appendixes and spans three pages. They’ll both look at a play and half of them will say it’s goalie interference and the other half will say that’s what an attacking player is supposed to do.”Expect goalie interference, which was a main topic of discussion at the All-Star Game in January, to once again be front-and-centre when the NHL’s general managers come together this week at their annual spring meeting. “That’s the only way to make it non-subjective.”Unlike Rule 69 of the NHL rulebook, Rule 186 of the IIHF rulebook does not require a law degree to understand. If a goalie ventures outside the crease and gets bumped while battling for position, then he’s out of luck.

Source: National Post March 19, 2018 13:07 UTC