Rule 32.2 As there is a human factor involved in blowing the whistle to stop play, the Referee may deem the play to be stopped slightly prior to..
..the whistle actually being blown. The fact that the puck may come loose or cross the goal line prior to the sound of the whistle has no bearing..
Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby claimed last night that he has uncovered evidence that for years Alexander Ovechkin has been using several well-placed magnets under the ice in arenas around North America to make it seem as if he is committing dirty plays. The shocking announcement comes after Crosby was accused of slew-footing New York [...]
Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger, in the spirit of the holiday season, has finally divulged the source of his insatiable need to be a giant douchebag on the ice. “I was watching this documentary awhile back called How The Grinch Stole Christmas and it really struck a chord with me,” said Pronger, who ramped up his [...]
Several NHL players who have grown mustaches for Movember have been arrested in recent weeks after being mistaken by police for child molesters, ItB has learned. More than 150 players around the league have been growing mustaches as part of Movember, a charity ‘stache growing contest held annually to fight cancer. But while the players’ [...]
Ilya Kovalchuk was given formal notice from New Jersey Devils coach John MacLean this morning that he has been cut from his team — the Die Hard Destroyers of the Devils alumni fantasy league. “The Devils may be stuck with him, but that doesn’t mean I have to be,” MacLean said following the decision. “Look [...]
The Carolina Hurricanes are accusing the Calgary Flames of sending the wrong Sutter in this week’s trade, claiming instead of Brett Sutter they received an asthmatic, obese man named Jed Sutter. Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford said he thought he had sent defenseman Anton Babchuk and forward Tom Kostopoulos to the Flames for defenseman Ian White [...]
Unable to help his team on the ice, injured New Jersey Devils star Zach Parise says he plans to place a deep focus on building up his Call of Duty: Black Ops chops in the coming months, which he believes will give him a leg up in contract negotiations this summer. “Ovechkin, Crosby, those guys [...]
Washington Capitals forward Alexander Semin announced today he would be taking some time off after lighting the league on fire for 13 goals during the first month and a half of the season in order to balance out his typical inconsistency. In a statement released by Semin, the star forward said he had clearly outplayed [...]
NHL Deputy Commissioner Colin Campbell ripped blogger Tyler Dellow this afternoon for suggesting he has any continuity whatsoever in the way he dishes out discipline. “If Mr. Dellow is suggesting I’m following a pattern of vindictive behavior in the way I choose to suspend or not suspend players, he is absolutely wrong,” Campbell said today [...]
The New Jersey Devils submitted a formal request to have Ilya Kovalkchuk’s 15-year $100 million contract voided Friday, calling it a massive prank the team’s leadership had been pulling on the league. Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek said in an interview Friday the joke had gone on long enough, it was time to end Kovalchuk’s contract. [...]
The New York Rangers, already said to be overpaying for bruising big-man Derek Boogaard will have to shell out even more cash in incentives to the left winger after scoring a goal Wednesday to reach a benchmark of one. The Rangers will now owe Boogaard, already on the books for $1.625 million, an additional $3 [...]