I'm watching this Calgary vs. Tampa Bay Stanley Cup Final game. Calgary scored the first goal. They gave credit to Gelinas because it hit his skate.

Should you really get credit for a goal if your only contribution to it is that it hit you in the skate? What effort did you expend to get the goal? I would like to suggest that, credit for a goal should involve using your stick in a legal manner. If you touch the puck with your stick, you can have credit for a goal. If it hits you in the skate, you're no more important to goal scoring than the boards, the crosspost, or the guy in row six eating a hot dog.