1. The video-goal judge may consult with the referee only at the request of the referee or by request of the video-goal judge himself. He is consulted primarily to determine the legitimacy of a goal.

2. If a goal is scored or appears to have been scored, the referee will make his call immediately (goal, or no goal) and then, if necessary, consult the video-goal judge. It will be up to the video-goal judge to confirm the referee’s call or, if there is proper evidence, refute it.

3. In the case where video review is inconclusive, the referee’s original call will stand.

4. If the video-goal judge requests consultation with the referee on a potential goal that no on-ice official acknowledged, the opinion of the video-goal judge will be the decisive one.

5. If neither the on-ice officials nor the video-goal judge reviews a possible goal at the next stoppage of play, further review is not permitted after the ensuing faceoff.

6. If there is no indication from the referees or video-goal judge to review a questionable play immediately following the end of a period, no review can be conducted once the players have left the ice.

7. The following are the only situations subject to review by the video- goal judge (see Rule 45-3 for other uses):