text: hockey question? when a referee stops play because he thinks the goalie has possession of the puck (when in fact the goalie does not have the puck, as is clearly shown from more than one camera angle) and as a result of the puck being free a goal is scored, why doesn't the goal count?  especially when in other instances the referees look at replays and sometimes change their initial ruling. if the ref blows a play dead, then whatever happens after that does not matter no matter what.  the play cannot advacne any futher, even if it is blown dead at an incorrect time.  this is differnent from changing a call after a review, which takes place after the play has been completed and there was a valid result to look at.