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..
*Scroll down for update* The NHL announced Wednesday that all future CBA and contract negotiations will be moved to Twitter, citing the social network’s unbelievable capacity to boil endlessly complicated and controversial topics down to 140 characters or less. The move follows the warm welcome Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Dan Ellis received from fans earlier [...]
Just as the embers of the Ilya Kovalchuk hootenanny are fading away, another deadline has risen it’s pre-pubescent face around the world of hockey. This time, it’s the fans fighting back as many New Jersey Devils season-ticket holders are threatening to cancel their subscriptions if the Devils cannot come up with a better promotion. Days [...]
The New Jersey Devils announced this morning that Ilya Kovalchuk has signed the exact same 17-year $102 million contract that was rejected by the NHL two weeks ago, and are submitting it to the league along with a recently discovered birth certificate that claims the Russian is 23, not 27. “It was our bad really,” [...]
The National Hockey League is trying out some radical ideas at its research and development camp to make the game more appealing and successful to the masses this week, including adding quarterbacks, changing the ice to turf and calling itself the NFL. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league is open to any and all [...]
Peter Forsberg sent shockwaves across the hockey world this weekend when he told any media organization who would listen that his foot still hurts and he is still sad about it. “I just wanted to let everyone know that I wasn’t able to help my friend Bjorn move this weekend because my foot is still [...]
Arbitrator Richard Bloch announced his decision on the Kovalchuk saga Monday, awarding himself a 17-year $102 million arbitrating contract with the NHL because both sides in the dispute were “so full of fail” he knew he’d be needed for the better part of the next two decades. “I’ve reviewed all the facts in this case time [...]
Back for round 2 of our top 10 posts of our first six months as the interweb’s number 1 source for hockey hilarity. Today we’ll run down our top five of all time while while I enjoy scenic southern France, Joe lounges in Florida and Josh tries to steal the Stanley Cup from Chicago. As [...]
Welp, it’s August. And that means that not only is hockey news thinner than the Chicago Blackhawks lineup, but we’re all on vacation. So I’ve decided to take a page out of Down Goes Brown’s book and rehash the top ten posts for us this year. Since we got up and running in early February, [...]
It turns out all of the non-NJ-based fans crying foul over Ilya Kovalchuk’s massive 17-year deal with the New Jersey Devils were right. In a news conference held this morning to introduce Kovalchuk to the media, Devils GM Lou Lamoriello admitted he only offerred the contract to the star winger because he “has a heart [...]
Dozens of Russian-born NHL players have been receiving surprise letters in the mail this week, demanding they immediately return to their homeland to complete several years of “mandatory military hockey duty.” Signed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the letters demand each of the players to return to Russia and prepare for the great hockey [...]