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..
In an announcement that shocked few, if anyone, across the hockey world Tuesday night, unsigned center Kyle Wellwood announced at a press conference that he is willing to take a job with any team that offers food as compensation. Wellwood, a serviceable center at 27 years old, is one of many low-to-mid level free agents [...]
Oft-injured Vancouver Canucks defenseman Sami Salo will be out indefinitely after tearing in his Achille’s tendon following an argument with the Sedin twins over which video game was better, NHL 95 or NHL 94. Witnesses said Salo was playing a pick up game with the Sedins when the dispute started on the bench during a [...]
A set of brass balls arrived just moments before the Vancouver Canucks took the ice for game 6 of the Western Conference semifinal Wednesday night, allowing defenseman Sami Salo to take the ice days after suffering a devastating injury. Salo’s last hockey action was Sunday, when he took a Duncan Keith slapshot directly to his [...]
With the Western Conference playoff matchups set, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo said he is hoping to finally win the respect of Canucks fans he feels have booed him incessantly for the last four seasons — particularly when he has performed well — by soundly fending off Chicago in the second round of the playoffs. “I [...]
Shockwaves were sent across the NHL Thursday morning when Vancouver Canucks forward Henrik Sedin revealed in a press conference that he has no twin brother and is simply one of the most spectacularly awesome and incredibly fast players to ever live. “It’s all been a lie. There is no Daniel. There never has been,” he [...]
The Vancouver Canucks 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues will be the last time Vancouver fans will see their team in person for a very long time. That’s because the Canucks have been kicked out of Vancouver as preparations are underway for the Olympic games. So the Canucks are now at the starting line [...]
Buffalo Sabres starting goaltender Ryan Miller was hospitalized after being severely owned by Henrik Sedin’s breakaway goal earlier this week. Team doctors report that Miller was suffering from severe night terrors that were causing him to hyperventilate in his sleep and vomit uncontrollably. Not only was the traumatic experience to blame, it appears that Miller’s [...]