ESPI 4 in Boston last weekend. (with video)

its definetly a bit less obviously wrong than the madison t bone

The "Madison t bone" was a joke move pulled by Ben against NYC, at a tournament called "NYC (i.e. new year's championship) in Madison" named that way as a joke because of the rivalry between those two teams, who have played physically against each other and are also good friends. Everyone on the court was laughing at the audacity of ben's move, including the goalie who got taken out, and me as i swept up the loose ends and scored. We still lost that game, so it's irrelevant. But damn straight it was illegal.

That said, "taking out the goalie" was quite common, and allowed, at the ESPIs, and will likely remain at N.A. tourneys until it gets outlawed--if it gets outlawed. It can involve, in order of intensity:

1. Pulling the goalie's mallet
   
2. Hacking the goalie's mallet
   
3. Shoulder checking the goalie when the ball is nearby (this is what i consider happened in the video here)
   
4. Shoulder checking the goalie when the ball is not nearby
   
5. Bike on bike, aka "t-boning" the goalie (if anyone in London can explain the difference to me i'd love to hear it), like Ben did in January in Madison.
   
   

My guess is that 1, 2 and 3 will remain legal, but i dunno, maybe only 1 and 2. I wish mallet hacking would be made illegal. In any case, I hope this rule gets clarified at some point soon.