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The NHL rule limiting where goaltenders can legally handle the puck behind the goal line, created because of Martin Brodeur's skill, restricts play to a zone shaped like what four-sided figure?
Answer
Trapezoid
The restricted zone behind the net is marked out in the shape of a trapezoid, which is why the regulation became known as the trapezoid rule.
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Hockey's trapezoid rule (2004) was created solely because goaltender Martin Brodeur was too good at playing the puck behind the goal line.
Other options people guess
- Rectangle
- Square
- Parallelogram
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