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..
Teemu Selanne announced he is coming out of almost retirement once again this week and is trying to woo former linemate Paul Kariya back to the Anaheim Ducks in hopes of rekindling the firestorm that lit NHL ablaze the last time they played together — in 2004 with the Colorado Avalanche. “Boy would that be [...]
Los Angeles Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi announced Tuesday that his team has hired actor Bill Murray as a special advisor to avoid entering into a “Groundhog Day” loop if they re-engage in the Kovalchuk sweepstakes. Though the Kings are eager to jump back in the running for Kovalchuk, who is once again a free [...]
Nearly 40 days after it started Arbitrator Richard Bloch mercifully ended the Ilya Kovalchuk odyssey yesterday, finally allowing attention to shift to the NHL’s second most prized free agent of the summer: Ilya Kovalchuk. Bloch sided with the NHL the arbitration hearing against the New Jersey Devils and Kovalchuk Monday afternoon, and with the saga over, [...]
Our special investigations units has been on a roll lately, and it was only a matter of time (see: week of insufferable nonsense) before we battened down the hatches and took a look at just what is holding up the free agent signing of star russian winger Ilya Kovalchuk. Kovalchuk, one of the most talented [...]
Detroit Red Wings team officials cried foul today after reports surfaced that the San Jose Sharks had replaced annual playoff disappointment Joe Thornton with Volstad, the Russian hockey playing bear for their second round playoff series. Multiple reports stated that Volstad, whose celebrity exceeds Alexander Ovechkin in his native Russia, had been snuck into the [...]
Days after their improbable playoff run ended, the Phoenix Coyotes have announced a new partnership with Canadian mega-star Justin Bieber as a way to draw in new fans and raise revenues. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the team will now be known as the Phoenix Biebers and that team officials were in contract talks to [...]
A massive manhunt for San Jose Sharks’ star Joe Thornton was officially called off after a Colorado Avalanche buried him this week, marking the fifth straight year the talented center has gone missing during the early spring. “While we had some hope of finding Joe after his team managed an overtime win during game two [...]
Members of the Colorado Avalanche and the Montreal Canadians held a joint press conference Friday morning to formally call bullshit on hockey writers dubbing the Phoenix Coyotes the underdog or cinderella story of the 2009-2010 NHL season. “This is garbage,” said Canadians winger Brian Gionta. “We earned this label fair and square with six months [...]
The San Jose Sharks announced Friday that they have hired Olympic curler John Shuster as a Special Adviser on the Choking Arts with an eye towards “the most epic playoff meltdown the world has ever seen.” Shuster is captain of the US Olympic Curling team, which currently sits at 0-4 in round robin play. It’s [...]
A Chicago-area retiree accidentally watched an Olympic hockey game Tuesday afternoon. And he wasn’t very happy about it. Roger Morena, 68, said he was sitting down for his weekly Law & Order: Criminal Intent marathon on the USA Network yesterday when the sudden switch was pulled. Instead of seeing series stars Vincent D’Onofrio and Katheryn [...]