They changed the rule to say if you have control in the crease, you can score the goal, and that's exactly what it was. "But obviously the NHL decided they weren't going to tell anybody but the teams. "We all knew that they had changed the rule," Hull said Thursday on a conference call. Some fans of the Sabres still believe it shouldn't have. Many thought that was a no-no, unaware the league had circulated a private memo earlier that season clarifying a skate could be in the crease if the player was in control of the puck.Īs a result, the goal stood. Hull's foot was in the crease as he fired a rebound past Buffalo's Dominik Hasek in triple overtime of Game 6. The most memorable moment of his Hall of Fame career continues to be tainted in the eyes of some – the majority of whom Hull figures will never truly listen to his explanation. Even in retirement, Brett Hull finds himself defending the controversial goal that won the Dallas Stars the 1999 Stanley Cup.
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