Explaining why the referees disallowed Russia’s goal against Canada in the MFM semi-finals | Hockey

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At the World Youth Championship semi-final match in Edmonton between the national teams From Russia and From Canada (0: 5) with the score 4: 0 in favor of the Canadians, the Russians scored the most, but their goal was disallowed.

The Canadians’ coaching staff requested to see the opponent’s offside position at the beginning of the scoring combination.

After a lengthy video review, it was determined that the defender of the Russian team Semyon Chistyakov entered the zone before the disk was there.

IIHF Rule Book. Law 78 – Offside position

“The determining factor for offside is the position of the attacking team’s skates on the blue line of the attack zone with respect to the puck. An attacking skater is out of play if both skates are completely behind the blue line in the front zone, before the puck completely crosses the blue line. ”

After Russia scored their first goal, Canada contests for offside and wins. The goal is removed and Canada continues to lead 4-0 #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/SL4eQ1z3kr

– TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 5, 2021