But the appeal was rejected and Shah progressed to 38 before being given another reprieve when he chipped a catch straight to Sam Wells at mid-on after mis-timing a drive off Mark Gillespie.
In late October the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League were locked in a scoreless tie with the New York Islanders when, suddenly, Sabres right wing Ales Kotalik scored on a booming shot from the top of the left face-off circle, one-timing a pass from Jaroslav Spacek past Islander goalie Rick DiPietro.
There was a moment of controversy with the score on 49-2, Watson trying to hit over the top and mis-timing to mid-off where RP Singh claimed a catch diving forward.