It's not interference. The rule is complicated, but not impossible to understand if you read it.
56.1 Interference – A strict standard on acts of interference must be adhered to in all areas of the rink.
Body Position: Body position shall be determined as the player skating in front of or beside his opponent, traveling in the same direction. A player who is behind an opponent, who does not have the puck, may not use his stick, body or free hand in order to restrain his opponent, but must skate in order to gain or reestablish his proper position in order to make a check.
A player is allowed the ice he is standing on (body position) and is not required to move in order to let an opponent proceed. A player may “block” the path of an opponent provided he is in front of his opponent and moving in the same direction. Moving laterally and without establishing body position, then making contact with the non-puck carrier is not permitted and will be penalized as interference. A player is always entitled to use his body position to lengthen an opponent’s path to the puck, provided his stick is not utilized (to make himself “bigger” and therefore considerably lengthening the distance his opponent must travel to get where he is going); his free hand is not used and he does not take advantage of his body position to deliver an otherwise illegal check.
Break down: It boils down to body position. They were both skating in the same direction and Florida player was in front of or directly alongside Holmberg. Florida didn't skate laterally into a player that didn't have possession to make contact. If he did skate laterally, then it would have been interference. But, he didn't skate laterally. They were skating in the same direction and Florida player had body position hence, NO INTERFERENCE even though puck possession was not established. We see these plays end badly more and more ever since the league ruled for automatic icing as clubs don't practice touch-up drills as they once did.
Not a dirty hit that intended to injure but it’s also 100% interference by Florida #77 as per 0:04
Holmberg (Toronto #29) never touched the puck (he’s not a puck carrier) and Florida #77 never made play for the puck. He just stepped into the skating lane to hit his man before either of them got to the puck.
That’s the textbook definition of the penalty in the rulebook.
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Interference
Knies, what are you gunna do? and what, you cant hit in hockey anymore, knies is a softy,.
Kudos to Knies defending his teammate!!👍
It's not interference. The rule is complicated, but not impossible to understand if you read it.
56.1 Interference – A strict standard on acts of interference must be adhered to in all areas of the rink.
Body Position: Body position shall be determined as the player skating in front of or beside his opponent, traveling in the same direction. A player who is behind an opponent, who does not have the puck, may not use his stick, body or free hand in order to restrain his opponent, but must skate in order to gain or reestablish his proper position in order to make a check.
A player is allowed the ice he is standing on (body position) and is not required to move in order to let an opponent proceed. A player may “block” the path of an opponent provided he is in front of his opponent and moving in the same direction. Moving laterally and without establishing body position, then making contact with the non-puck carrier is not permitted and will be penalized as interference. A player is always entitled to use his body position to lengthen an opponent’s path to the puck, provided his stick is not utilized (to make himself “bigger” and therefore considerably lengthening the distance his opponent must travel to get where he is going); his free hand is not used and he does not take advantage of his body position to deliver an otherwise illegal check.
Break down: It boils down to body position. They were both skating in the same direction and Florida player was in front of or directly alongside Holmberg. Florida didn't skate laterally into a player that didn't have possession to make contact. If he did skate laterally, then it would have been interference. But, he didn't skate laterally. They were skating in the same direction and Florida player had body position hence, NO INTERFERENCE even though puck possession was not established. We see these plays end badly more and more ever since the league ruled for automatic icing as clubs don't practice touch-up drills as they once did.
The rulebook is available for download as a PDF.
Clean hit, Leafs get butt hurt. This is why Leafs are not playoff ready.
Not a dirty hit that intended to injure but it’s also 100% interference by Florida #77 as per 0:04
Holmberg (Toronto #29) never touched the puck (he’s not a puck carrier) and Florida #77 never made play for the puck. He just stepped into the skating lane to hit his man before either of them got to the puck.
That’s the textbook definition of the penalty in the rulebook.
Good old fashioned hug-off by Knies and Mikkola😁
Every time I watch hockey I get more confused on what is and isn't interference.
Knies the Rookie gives his all.
How the f is that not interference??
"nothing really dirty on that one" it's interference when you check a player who doesn't have possession.
Knies' goal ended up being the game winning goal in that game, nice job
Lol mikko didnt want any of knies smoke
Thats interference all day long…. Refs call the stupidest penalties for almost nothing and then miss that loud interference penalty.
NHL tends to favor US teams over Canadian teams. This has been a trend for over 20 years.
Never heard of Ricola in my life.
Knies need some fighting lesson…
The refs are too old to keep up
Two minutes for interference…he didn't have the puck. I'm not a Leafs fan.
Good clean hit shitty response
Yes Kniesey 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Just not interference.
Panthers playing dirty as always. No surprise! Should've beat that *SS!!