“The Hockey Hall of Fame is proud to welcome these five hockey legends as Honored Members,” said Jim Gregory. The vote took place today at the annual meeting of the Selection Committee in Toronto. In the Builder Category, Lou Lamoriello was elected. NHL Director of Officiating Bryan Lewis said there was no crease violation because "Hull had possession of the puck when his skate entered the crease.Bill Hay, Chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors, Jim Gregory and Pat Quinn, Co-Chairmen of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Selection Committee, announced Tuesday that former Dallas Star Brett Hull has been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Player Category, along with Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman. Al Strachan, Hockey Writer of the Toronto Sun, and all time NHL scoring leader Wayne Gretzky are on record as saying that the goal was legally scored and should have stood. NHL officials, however, maintained that Hull's two shots in the goal mouth constituted a single possession of the puck since the puck deflected off Hasek, and their ruling stood, citing that they were going to change the rule the following year anyway. At the time, even Dallas Morning News hockey writer Keith Gave questioned the legality of the goal. In 1999, it was illegal to score a goal if an offensive player's skate entered the crease before the puck did. Hull's goal ended the series, and the Stars were awarded the Cup. Many Buffalo fans felt that this call was incorrectly made and the term "No Goal!" became their rallying cry. Others have pointed out that similar plays were called differently during the regular season. Because of that action, he became the possessor of the puck prior to his skate entering the crease, which the NHL determined made the goal legitimate.
On this play, Hull kicked the puck with his left skate (while still outside of the crease) into a shooting position. During the middle of the season, the NHL sent out a memo clarifying the "skate in the crease" rule that allowed goals in instances where the goalscorer established possession of the puck prior to entering the crease. When Brett Hull scored his series-clinching goal in triple overtime of game six, his foot was in the crease but the puck was not.
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