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..
Hours after drawing thousands of people out to a farewell autograph signing in Montreal, newly-inked St. Louis Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak was seen doing one last favor for Habs fans: teaching Carey Price how to stand on his head. Halak took the starting job from Price late last season before leading the Canadians on a [...]
The Ilya Kovalchuk saga seemed targeted for an end this afternoon when the NHL approved a 15-year deal that would send him to the New Jersey Devils, but has hit another snag because no one can find a pen for him to sign it. “Shit, shit, shit,” Devils GM Lou Lamoriello said in what was [...]
A visibly devastated Nikolai Khabibulin was sentenced to spend three years in Edmonton Tuesday after being convicted of extreme DUI in Arizona earlier this week. Khabibulin, who was caught driving his ferrari at twice the legal limit or performing a drunken rocket skate jump over the Grand Canyon, depending on who you ask, jumped out [...]
In what is nearly universally believed to be the most anticipated signing of Free Agency 2010, the New York Rangers have secured the services of forward Tim Kennedy. Yes, THAT Tim Kennedy. Kennedy, the much-balleyhooed winger who was totally NOT waived and then bought out by the Buffalo Sabres earlier this summer – where’d you [...]
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday evening that the New Jersey Devils continued insistence on signing Ilya Kovalchuk remains the one major roadblock to the summer-long saga being over. As it was widely reported, the Devils made a second effort towards signing Kovalchuk earlier this week, only to be rebuffed when the framework of the [...]
Ok, Ok, I know I’ve been promising to do this for weeks again and haven’t. But we’ve been busy! Honest! It’s that time of year when the wind stops blowing, the world stops turning and October actually seems farther away than it did in June. But there are still people out there rocking some good, [...]
Yeah, so it’s totally mid August, and even Tomas Kaberle can’t keep us in business this week. We’re in the process of putting together a season preview package, but in the meantime, uh, August sucks. Especially if you’re a freaking Mets fan. We’re seriously cursing every day that the New York Mets don’t have a [...]
After months of speculation, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a blockbuster deal that will send the Leafs’ next 13 first round draft picks to other teams in the Northeast division on a rotating schedule. Speculation has run rampant this summer that Kaberle, who has a brief [...]
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 [...]