Mendes: Is there a ‘right way’ to score an empty net goal? Ridly Greig sparks leaguewide debate
New York TimesAn empty net goal is usually about the most nondescript event in a hockey game. Greig’s actions were deemed to be unnecessary taunting by Toronto’s Morgan Rielly, who immediately delivered a high cross-check to the head of an unsuspecting Greig as he celebrated the goal along the boards. From the people who brought you “Did Linus Omark disrespect the sanctity of the shootout?” and “Is Trevor Zegras ruining the game?” we bring you the latest controversy cloaked in layers of unwritten rules and decades of hockey’s “code”: Is there a “right way” to score an empty net goal? When pressed a moment later about why he felt it was appropriate, Keefe flatly responded, “It’s pretty apparent.” Senators head coach Jacques Martin deferred to the department of player safety about the consequences of Rielly’s hit, but he did say, “It’s not a hockey play. He could have followed hockey’s “code” and dropped the gloves and invited Greig to fight.
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