It’s not often that Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco is made to look as helpless as he was on Friday night.

On the Ducks’ fourth shootout attempt, Teemu Selanne skated in, came to a stop and lifted the puck over Turco, who was on his side and did a two-pad stack to no avail.

It ended up as the game winner.

NHL rules regarding shootouts/penalty shots have dictated that the puck must be moving forward, although there seems to be an interpretation that it is legal if either the puck or the player is moving forward.

Turco gave Selanne credit for the move, but he wondered if the rule should get a closer look.

“It didn’t really surprise me,” Turco said of the move. “There was nothing  I could do once you get off your skates. But they should freshen the rules on dead stops, which is not right. It’s not legal, I guess, if that’s the right word. It doesn’t have any effect on our season but certainly (it did) theirs. It’s a good play. It’s legal.”

“I don’t know if he dead stopped. (If he did) it’s no goal. Those are the rules. If he did have some momentum with him or the puck  was moving forward, then it’s a goal.”

Of course, the rulebook was the last thing on Selanne’s mind.

Asked about making Turco look bad, Selanne said, “I don’t know about that. I felt very good.”

[Source: Ducks.FreedomBlogging.com]

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