Goalie goals were forever changed when this weirdo flew too close to the sun 

Incidentally, if you've ever played any of the NHL video games as a goalie and wondered why you get 7 penalty minutes for a goalie fight instead of 5, this rule is why: one or both goalies have to cross centre ice in order to fight the other.

One of the wackiest things about this too is that despite Gary sounding like a hot piece of garbage in net, he actually co-won the Vezina (award for top goaltender) in 1971-72, so he wasn't nearly as much of a complete diaper fire as he probably sounds like. Granted, I think the Vezina Trophy back then was awarded to the goalie who allowed the fewest goals, but the principle is there lol

I like your alternate universe where everyone is a goal-scoring goalie. Something so normalized and intrinsic to the sport of hockey that we would have seen a video called: "Weird Rules: Goalies were not allowed to score until this weirdo did something awesome"...And then at the end of that video we would all imagine a boring world where hockey goalies are restricted to their nets.

You should cover the broom fabric rule in curling. There were a few months in 2016/17 where the game changed entirely. Like the skills went from more reminiscent of golf to more like hockey stick handling.

His job was to defend his net. They can't get a shot on net if they are too busy defending their own. Modern problems require modern solutions

"The best defense is a good offense" - Gary Smith (probably)

I could _almost_ argue against this rule. If your Goalie wants to leave the goal unattended and try to assist or score, that's a calculated risk. The only thing that leans me back toward "ok, this makes sense" is that the goaltender is kitted differently, though I still can't decide whether I feel that would be an advantage or disadvantage.

Reminds me of one of my favorite 90s hockey moments, when Patrick Roy tried skating up the ice during the final minutes of a game his team was down by 3, deked Wayne f'n Gretzky, and got a penalty for skating over the red line, even having the nerves to raise his arms like "come on what did I do" lol

In a world where Smith scored a goal, Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur would have at least one Maurice Richard trophy each.. lol

The Airbud drawing made me imagine Mr. Peanutbutter playing hockey, it made my day.

Patrick Roy once skated over the red line with the puck in a game against the Rangers. He did a spin move, out-deked Wayne Gretzky, and then got called for a penalty lol

It's not a weird rules episode without a mentioning of the air bud clause

"Sports rule books don't just come into existence." Reminds me of a recorded interview that Dr. James Naismith did about inventing the game of basketball. The first time that they played the game there were no rules other than the object of the game was for one team to put the ball in the basket and the other team had to stop them. Then switch offense and defense and the team with the most points wins. In the interview Naismith said that after about 90 seconds there were several black eyes, a lot of cuts and a separated shoulder as guys were tackling and brawling each other for the ball. He then wrote the original 13 rules of basketball and over time it grew from there.

This dude sounds like an absolute troll, he was definitely his high school's class clown that's surprisingly good at math and is in AP Calc and just trying to get the teacher to break cause he knows he'll get a B no matter what

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the history of the NHL is so littered with strange, stupid and funny stories like this (as an example, the league was *literally founded* in a scene akin to the No Homers Club from _The Simpsons:_ one team owner in the old NHA, Toronto's Eddie Livingstone, was so hated by everyone else in the league that they formed a new league, the NHL, to get away from him) that y'all really should make more videos about it; more than a handful a year, if I can be frank. Having said that though, there's an amusing entry from the annual _NHL Official Guide & Record Book's_ history of major rule changes that I wanted to share, about a closed loophole that somehow _nobody_ attempted to exploit (emphasis mine): _"1931-32: _*_Though there is no record of a team attempting to play two goaltenders on the ice,_*_ a rule was instituted which stated that each team was allowed only one goaltender on the ice at the time."_

"Goalies, stay in the net and defend the goal" Dominik Hasek: laughs in Czech

Gary Smith also recorded a shut-out while drunk

0:55 Beacuse, IF YOU ARE A GOALTENDER... TEND THE GOAL!!!!

*Collapse:* - New Jersey Devils (post-2003) - Ottawa Senators (post-2017) *Beef History:* - Battle of Alberta - Battle of California (Kings vs. Sharks) - Battle of Ontario *Untitled:* - Daniel Alfredsson - Patrick Marleau *Rewinder:* - Penguins-Senators 2017 Game 7 - Capitals-Penguins 2018 Game 6 - Golden Knights-Sharks 2019 Game 7 - Blue Jackets-Lightning 2020 Game 1

I like how, when these two specifically, are on they just make up the sports worlds they want to live in

Fun fact. Tim bits were released shortly after his death in a car accident. Incredibly morbid.

This is essentially NHL Hitz come to life. I did this all the time in the game with very mixed results.

Good for Gare the Bear.... Got him a look when the league expanded the next season

Every backup goalie ever has gotten food on the bench. They just hide it in their gloves.

The situation that Seth described is basically what has started to happen in soccer. Goalkeepers are part of the play. They are expected to have good control and to pass the ball. Players like Ederson and Allison are key to this and have gotten assists. Honestly I feel like if this sort of thing happened in hockey, like allowing the Brodeur zone, it would be a lot more interesting to see how the sport would evolve and change.

"I tend to score" got me good.

I can assure you that getting food delivered to the bench is easier than you think and it happens far more often than one would expect.

Funny, I was wondering just last night when we might see a new episode of weird rules. Happy New Year SB Nation!

Collapse: how Arsenal went from the “Invincibles” to vincible Rewinder: the miracle of Istanbul Collapse: how an legendary AC Milan team went from Regular UCL favorites to rock bottom Untitled: pavel Bure Beef history: george Steinbrenner vs Billy Martin Rewinder: the 2006 champions league final that kickstarted one of the greatest eras in Barcelona history Rewinder: 2014 nfc championship game Rewinder: Mike richter’s save on Bure Collapse: how the 85 Chicago bears went from potential dynasty to rock bottom Untitled: sergio aguero not winning the champions league Untitled: Ted Williams

Nice to see you guys faces again for a change...can't wait for the videos to come. Happy New Year!!! #MotorsportsVideosPlease

Two of my favorites on weird rules!

how do you not include patrick roy spin moving gretzky and then getting a penalty for crossing the red line???

I'm imagining the timeline where this becomes the norm. Just as shohei ohtani became a baseball sensation because of his great hitting and pitching abilities, everyone in the NHL is looking for a duel threat goalie who can shoot

Years later Patrick Roy tried this, dangled Gretzky, and imediately got a penalty upon crossing the red line lol

Ok didn’t know that Tim Horton was a hockey player!😳 Now in my defense I did know it was a guy from Canada but I didn’t know who he did! Thank Seth and Will.

Canada’s national sport, lacrosse, got it right. Goalies can go wherever they damn well please. I dare anyone to Watch Albany lacrosse goalie Blaze Riorden go end to end off of a save (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QvfRxVzA_M0.html) and tell me this wouldn’t be the shiznit in a hockey game.

I can actually smell colors because of synesthesia. I never thought about it possibly being a result of that soccer concussion.

A friend of mine once saw the bench goalie eating chicken fingers out of his glove at an AHL game.

I play goalie and punt the puck regularly, it's usually a weak shot on goal so the other team can change, rather than drop it and pass it up to pressure the changing team you just drop it and line drive punt it to space I'll also occasionally punt to clear rather than cover if the other team is controlling play but doesn't have any net front or slot presence for reference, I play a lot of different leagues/tournaments this happens more in any given rec league (even the competitive ones) than in tournaments or when I played in college (those players tend to be less lazy about crashing the net religiously)

You should cover the "David Leggio" net dislodging rule

I’m a huge OU fan and I was watching the Alamo bowl and the announcers made a comment about how the refs were suspended for 1 week after the 2006 match between the teams. Refs can get suspended? What would constitute a suspension, bad call or something far worse?

5:43 "I'm sorry you want me to what?" Somewhere out there there's an illustrator who was extremely confused for this one.

Thank you for telling me about Gare the Bear

'If you're a Goaltender... TEND THE GOAL!!!!!' ~ Steve Dangle

I am glad you shared the nicknames. Gary Smith is such a generic name, so wrong for this series. Suitcase Smith and Gare Bear now makes him seem real like the other players.

Pretty sure Seth's dog-mentions-per-episode rate is higher than any other Secret Base member. Bless him.

Lets go weird rules is back

Ah yes, back when NHL goalies were insane. I think it was because there was only 6 teams forever, which meant there were only 6 job openings for the position teams were LEAST forgiving of when it came to failure. That's a LOT of pressure to perform once you got a starting spot, because if you screw that up your career is done, no second chances. You could get bumped up or down the lines as a defender or a forward based on your performance, but as a goalie, you were only semi-pro once you became the backup, only good for practice and last resort while you worked construction in the summer to get by. Three years of starting with that kind of pressure as you attempt to establish yourself as a generational talent JUST TO BE WORTH KEEPING LONG TERM is enough to make anyone go crazy. Oh, and they used to play without head protection, so they were probably all brain damaged anyways.

If Smith had scored, rather than pulling the goalie you’d pull a defenseman and put your “offensive goalie” (you know that would be a thing) in.

As always, secret base killed it.

So if this rule never existed, i could have not only seen Ron Hextall likely score more goals as goaltender, but also chase opposing players to the other side of the ice and assault them? I feel robbed of something beautiful

you could really just make a playlist of These Stories and call them 'Air Buds of History'

I don't get the smoking joke. Did the players used to smoke on the ice?

stupid rule. goalie wants to leave his own goal naked and wide open, go right ahead.

I literally do this in soccer if my team is losing or winning by a lot 😂

The main rule to remember with goaltenders though, is that if you're a goaltender... TEND THE GOOOOAAAALLLLL

Gary Smith is just a normal goalie. Absolutely bonkers in the head.

If you're a goaltender, tend the goal!!!

Johnson incident

I don’t follow hockey but u guys make the hockey content interesting so kudos to that

If everyone became a goalie and smoked, well... that's just lacrosse.

Can't forget about when Patrick Roy stick handled across centre ice and got got a penalty because of this rule 👍 did a spin move and everything.

I love this series, I hope you all make a hundred more

If you like this guy then you're going to love learning about Rene Higuita

Is there surviving footage of this game? I just HAVE to see how that moment played out

At least we can still do it in NHL Hitz

My favorite series you guys have. Banter banter banter. Love it.

This is why I’m a lacrosse fan. Where else is the goalie is encouraged to go coast to coast

Why then, do they not eat hotdogs?

This reminds me of school when I was playing soccer with a bunch of my friends in the school league. My team was very bad and I chose them so I (a fairly decent goalie) would get more practice due to them defending rather badly. Our only goal happened when I made a save, dropped the ball, sprinted down the side line (50m), knocked it to the centre and had one of my team mates stumble it with his knee into the goal.

That last fork in the road conversation I think is basically the formation of the small ball, three chucking nba

Nice beard.

So the greatest thing we got outta this game was doughnuts 🤣

Meanwhile in soccer, Rene Higuita couldn't fathom a world where he has to stay at the net.

Wonderful stuff always. Thank you!

hold on was that a Worms video game sound effect during the puck punt???

Sweet! The 2 best story tellers on Secret Base, covering a rule in the best sport. Happy New Year.

That's a good hypothetical... But what made Donovan McNabb finish his career Untitled?

3:22 "Hey I got a hockey record. I took my skate off and tried to stab somebody and I'm the only guy that ever did that." - Happy Gilmore Clip: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7Ri6D1hIxaM.html

Here’s Gary talking about it -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1relnNX3Zdw.html I think Secret Base probably watched this clip when researching this story

in the immortal words of Steve Dangle. The True Rules for Goalies is this: If you're a Goaltender, TEND THE GOAL!

I wanna just ask why can’t y’all get good mics? Like you understand y’all are working from home now, an you guys haven’t invested in good mics.

i thought rule changed to prevent goalie occured because jacques plante would play defense in other team's zone during a power play, i thought rule was made in 50s

"We don't want goalies playing hockey" And that's where the trapezoid comes from.

How does the Mighty Ducks 2 knuckle puck goalie goal fit with this rule? Surely that was legal - it happened in the movie.

I don't know if I've ever seen someone have as much barely-contained disdain for something as Seth does here for "Gare the Bear".

Patrick Roy once stickhandled past Wayne Gretzky - and he went past the red line with the puck. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hx9DTlx5n3I.html

Another collapse timeliness do the 2010-2011 chicago bulls please of a fan of yours

At the end they basically are describing Patrick Roy’s attempt at this. Just ask Wayne

If you're a goaltender...TEND THE GOALLLL!!

Wait, where is the previous chat about the NHL guys smoking?

Patrick Roy was inspired, pulled a spinorama on gretzky

Great way to ring in the New Year

Brother looks like Sam wise gamgee from the lord of the rings in that old school hockey pic lmao

All im thinking is Patrick Roy's spinorama in the neutral zone

Me brain when I heard the rule: "Oh, the Patrick Roy Rule!"

Well that was anticlimactic.. Summary of video: Goalie went passed the red line with the puck and tripped.. And ref was like "NO!" and created a rule so goalies can't do that.

Pittsburgh fake QB slide should be the next episode!

Eating on the bench or sideline is very common

I definitely have had brain trauma cuz blue has a distinct scent