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It is his puck then to shoot and score albeit a foot may or may not be in the crease prior to." The rebound off the goalie does not change anything. "Hull had possession and control of the puck. "A puck that rebounds off the goalie, the goal post or an opposing player is not deemed to be a change of possession, and therefore Hull would be deemed to be in possession or control of the puck, allowed to shoot and score a goal even though the one foot would be in the crease in advance of the puck." The problem was, they had strictly enforced this new rule all season long, including overturning similarly scored goals like Hull's. The official NHL explanation was the goal was legal because Hull had possession of the puck when he entered the crease.In my opinion, the NHL got the call on Hull's goal correct. "You could hear a commotion down below, from people standing in front of televisions (in the lobby) watching the replay on televisions," Hassett said. He didn't know about Hull's skate until he was coming down the escalator 25 to 30 minutes after the game. Hassett says fans at the game weren't initially aware of the controversy because most couldn't see where Hull was when he scored.

The NHL has had several controversial calls this season, including one penalty call that was too severe and another that appeared too light, but the Hull goal tops the list of disputed rulings because it decided a championship. That season, goals were waved off when an attacking player had a skate in the crease. The 1999 loss to the Stars was more controversial because Hull's skate was in the crease when he scored the winner. They could have won their first appearance in Super Bowl XXV, but Scott Norwood's missed 47-yard field-goal attempt - wide right - led to a 20-19 loss to the New York Giants. "It's usually paired with 'wide right.' If someone says, 'Wide right,' someone else will say 'Skate in the crease.' "īuffalo folks consider themselves the country's unluckiest fans because they went to four consecutive Super Bowls in the 1990s without winning one. "It comes up on a regular basis," Sabres season-ticket holder Dave Hassett said.

Twenty years have passed since Dallas Stars star Brett Hull scored his controversial Stanley Cup-clinching goal in triple overtime - and nobody in Buffalo has forgotten.