Kate Shefte: Hockey's unwritten rules: Here's why you don't snow the goalie
Published in Hockey
Firing the puck in when play is stopped is not only discourteous, but dangerous. Those on the ice have eased up during the lull in play, probably not ready for vulcanized rubber flying their way. The goalie could be headed to the bench, or turning around for a drink of water.
"It's not like basketball, where you can kind of shoot off the whistle," Biddeford, Maine, native Dumoulin said, helpfully throwing in a comparison for non-hockey sports fans.
"Here, there's usually a lot of guys in front of you. And maybe the goalie's stopped paying attention. There's definitely room for injuries in that."
There are plenty of other ways to make your cheeky point.
"I just don't think it's a good look," Larsson said.
In sport, you defend the color you're wearing. When there's a hockey net or face full of something that shouldn't be there, anger and message-sending follows. And for the record, if the roles were reversed, Grubauer would do the same.
"If something happened, I would do the same thing for other guys," Grubauer said.
"You have to protect your teammates."
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Editor's note: This is part of an occasional series of the unwritten rules of hockey.
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