hockey player tries to score using a soccer-style header

[Thorin]

I was watching this hockey game yesterday, Anaheim Ducks vs Chicago Blackhawks.  The game went to third overtime, playing 56 minutes extra after the 60 minutes of regular time.  Andrew Shaw, a Blackhawk, tried scoring a goal in second overtime by jumping up and heading the puck into the net as if he was a soccer player:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f433q_3VZ6o

They had to go double-check the rulebook on this one...

[Mr. Analog]

So finally that dumbass football chanting that people in the US (and Montreal) do finally make sense lol

[Darren Dirt]

I was watching this hockey game yesterday, Anaheim Ducks vs Chicago Blackhawks.  The game went to third overtime, playing 56 minutes extra after the 60 minutes of regular time.  Andrew Shaw, a Blackhawk, tried scoring a goal in second overtime by jumping up and heading the puck into the net as if he was a soccer player:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f433q_3VZ6o

They had to go double-check the rulebook on this one...

It's a non-stick direction of the puck into the net, so typical disallow ... but hey based on a literal interpretation of that rule shown in the video doesn't that mean that a puck deflected off the goalie's pads or skate is also disallowed?

[Thorin]

The rulebook is here, in case you're wondering what the rules are: http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/rules/2014-2015-rulebook.pdf

For your specific question, rule 78.4 says, in part, "A goal shall be scored if the puck is put into the goal in any way by a player of the defending side."  Anything a defender does that puts the puck into their own net always counts as a goal, unless there was a delayed penalty for the defenders on the play (since a delayed penalty takes effect as soon as the defenders touch the puck).  Rule 78.5 says, in part, "When the puck has been directed, batted or thrown into the net by an attacking player other than with a stick."  When the puck just bounces off someone, they're not directing, batting, or throwing the puck.  So yes, you can stand at just the right angle and let someone shoot the puck off your body into the net.  It hurts like hell, though, getting hit with frozen rubber going 90mph.

[Darren Dirt]

Ah, missed the "defender/attacker" detail there. Good clarification.