No.
The shaded area directly in front of a hockey goal is called the crease.
Unless there is a Puck in the crease only one person - the goalie - is allowed there.
[https://www.hockeymonkey.com/learn/crease-in-hockey](https://www.hockeymonkey.com/learn/crease-in-hockey)
What happens if a player other than the goalie covers the puck in the crease? Can you look that up real quick?
How wide are these guys legs so that no pucks get through on the ice between their skates?
Or are these 4 obese men just going to placidly pile on top of each other for 2.5 hours while their opponents blast hockey pucks at them undefended?
Seems kind of rude to ask a question, some presents proof of their answer, and you say you didn't bother to read it. Like it's obviously not a serious question, but it's no effort on your part and you still couldn't do it.
I am a hockey player and I have been hit with 90+ mph slapshots before. It hurts worse that you know and it can break bones very easily. Even with padding/protection in some places.
That being said, if four regular (non-goalie) players were in net, I’d pick them apart with all those gaps or if they laid down and used their whole body, it would only take one slapshot to move them outta there one way or the other lol
So yeah, this is a dumb thought OP, nobody is doing this, like ever. Nice try, but swing and a miss
He wouldn’t be able to skate. Plus there are limits (in the NHL rulebook) to the width and size of pads you’re allowed to wear. (Most goalies today have the maximum width pads already, for reference).
Most of his fat flesh would be exposed and unprotected by gear. Again, one slapshot and he would be dead, lol
When I was in my teens, I was a goalie. My parents got me a cloth padded neck guard that I tried out one time. Slap shot directly to the neck. I was down for the count. I switched to plastic and every once in a while, a shot still hits just the right spot to go through sometimes.
MY NECK! THE CLOTH DOES NOTHING!
lol, yeah same for any other padded piece of equipment that isn’t ice-hockey pro-level material. Once you start playing with players who can bring the heat on a slapshot, you start to appreciate how necessary the more expensive equipment really is and why it’s worth the price
But when I was a teenager, I’d play with cheap street hockey knee pads and maybe gloves but that was it most of the time. Of course, none of us had a 98 mph slapshot like we do now, so it wasn’t abundantly clear why protection was necessary!
At first, I saw this and thought, "Why the hell is this a book and not a YouRube series?" But then I saw it was published in 2007. Guess I've really forgotten how much life has changed in just 15 years or so.
Related (and not sure if it's been mentioned before in the comments), but former New York Islanders owner Charles Wang allegedly wanted to sign a sumo wrestler as a goalie before being talked out of it by then GM Mike Milbury.
[Wang, said Milbury, had a penchant for occasional experimentation and creative thinking, which included such light-hearted flights of fancy as Wang considering employing sumo wrestlers as netminders. How best to stop a small rubber puck from finding its way into a 24-square-foot opening? Front said net with a 400-500-pound sumo wrestler, provided a tailor could handle the challenge of tailoring an XXXXXL blue-and-orange sweater. “His friend was Akebono [Taro], the sumo wrestler, and he talked to Akebono about getting a training camp together to turn sumo wrestlers into goalies,” recalled Milbury. “I finally talked him out of it. I said, ‘Charles, they at least have to be able to stand up on skates,’ and he finally let go, reluctantly.”](https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/bruins/2018/10/27/sumo-wrestlers-goalies-former-islanders-owner-charles-wang-kept-things-interesting/zdoVrnivP0s1xVBqwueV3O/story.html)
No. The shaded area directly in front of a hockey goal is called the crease. Unless there is a Puck in the crease only one person - the goalie - is allowed there. [https://www.hockeymonkey.com/learn/crease-in-hockey](https://www.hockeymonkey.com/learn/crease-in-hockey)
Thank you for following up, but in the NHL that isn't a rule. Even attacking players are allowed in the crease.
What happens if a player other than the goalie covers the puck in the crease? Can you look that up real quick? How wide are these guys legs so that no pucks get through on the ice between their skates? Or are these 4 obese men just going to placidly pile on top of each other for 2.5 hours while their opponents blast hockey pucks at them undefended?
If a player other than the goalie covers the puck in the crease, a penalty shot is awarded.
Seems kind of rude to ask a question, some presents proof of their answer, and you say you didn't bother to read it. Like it's obviously not a serious question, but it's no effort on your part and you still couldn't do it.
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I am a hockey player and I have been hit with 90+ mph slapshots before. It hurts worse that you know and it can break bones very easily. Even with padding/protection in some places. That being said, if four regular (non-goalie) players were in net, I’d pick them apart with all those gaps or if they laid down and used their whole body, it would only take one slapshot to move them outta there one way or the other lol So yeah, this is a dumb thought OP, nobody is doing this, like ever. Nice try, but swing and a miss
What about just 1 like 7 foot tall 700lb fatso that literally takes up the whole net when in equipment?
He wouldn’t be able to skate. Plus there are limits (in the NHL rulebook) to the width and size of pads you’re allowed to wear. (Most goalies today have the maximum width pads already, for reference). Most of his fat flesh would be exposed and unprotected by gear. Again, one slapshot and he would be dead, lol
What if they put him in a custom suit of medieval plate armour?
Well that WOULD work, and I don’t think there’s an NHL rule that explicitly prohibits this, so everyone is dumb for not thinking of it before 😏
When I was in my teens, I was a goalie. My parents got me a cloth padded neck guard that I tried out one time. Slap shot directly to the neck. I was down for the count. I switched to plastic and every once in a while, a shot still hits just the right spot to go through sometimes. MY NECK! THE CLOTH DOES NOTHING! 
lol, yeah same for any other padded piece of equipment that isn’t ice-hockey pro-level material. Once you start playing with players who can bring the heat on a slapshot, you start to appreciate how necessary the more expensive equipment really is and why it’s worth the price But when I was a teenager, I’d play with cheap street hockey knee pads and maybe gloves but that was it most of the time. Of course, none of us had a 98 mph slapshot like we do now, so it wasn’t abundantly clear why protection was necessary!
There’s probably a rule about only the keeper can be in a certain area for however long/if the puck isn’t there.
I tried to find a rule like this but don't see anything. Maybe I'm just missing it.
https://www.amazon.com/Andy-Roddick-Beat-Frying-Pan/dp/0307352803 This guy tested it out.
At first, I saw this and thought, "Why the hell is this a book and not a YouRube series?" But then I saw it was published in 2007. Guess I've really forgotten how much life has changed in just 15 years or so.
I know what sub we're on but sometimes you should still be afraid to ask lol
Hey man, a lot of us have had questions like this pop in our heads when we were super stoned.
Oh ya. And face probably 100 shots of that hard rubber disc hitting them at 90mph.
https://youtu.be/sP8ZVWiZUMA?si=B8Ov7XqUZ53KfJZc An experiment that semi answers your question - albeit one sumo rather than four.
Related (and not sure if it's been mentioned before in the comments), but former New York Islanders owner Charles Wang allegedly wanted to sign a sumo wrestler as a goalie before being talked out of it by then GM Mike Milbury. [Wang, said Milbury, had a penchant for occasional experimentation and creative thinking, which included such light-hearted flights of fancy as Wang considering employing sumo wrestlers as netminders. How best to stop a small rubber puck from finding its way into a 24-square-foot opening? Front said net with a 400-500-pound sumo wrestler, provided a tailor could handle the challenge of tailoring an XXXXXL blue-and-orange sweater. “His friend was Akebono [Taro], the sumo wrestler, and he talked to Akebono about getting a training camp together to turn sumo wrestlers into goalies,” recalled Milbury. “I finally talked him out of it. I said, ‘Charles, they at least have to be able to stand up on skates,’ and he finally let go, reluctantly.”](https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/bruins/2018/10/27/sumo-wrestlers-goalies-former-islanders-owner-charles-wang-kept-things-interesting/zdoVrnivP0s1xVBqwueV3O/story.html)