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..
Toronto Mayor David Miller officially barred the use of the phrase “turning over a new leaf” in the Canadian city Monday after nearly every media outlet in North America used it to describe the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Sunday afternoon trade bonanza. The move followed Maple Leafs’ General Manager Brian Burke’s decision to take an etch-a-sketch [...]
Bonjour friends. Let’s get right into the rumormill, shall we? My gremlins tell me that the Toronto Maple Leafs were on the verge of pulling another huge deal Sunday. They won’t give up names, but say it unraveled because Brian Burke legitimately broke his finger dialing the phone, trying to get the deal done. Burke [...]
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 [...]
A Canadian newspaper reporter covered a Phoenix Coyotes game Thursday without once taking a shot at the teams attendance figures. It is believed to be the first instance of an article on the Coyotes with the focus solely on on-ice matters this season. Phoenix captain Shane Doan was surprised when told of the article, published [...]
Hockey great Gordie Howe was seriously injured last week when Rangers fans, celebrating Brandon Dubinsky’s Gordie Howe hat trick, surrounded him and tossed him on the ice. Dubinsky had just just completed a fight with Jeff Halpern of the Tampa Bay Lightning during an 8-2 rout Jan. 18 when Howe, who was at the game [...]
With just one win between the two teams in 2010 thus far and next to no hope of a postseason berth, the Edmonton Oilers and New Jersey Nets have been discussing switching leagues for the remainder of their respective regular seasons. “Tell me what you’d rather see,” said former Oilers GM Kevin Lowe, watching defenseman [...]
NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell yesterday suspended the Los Angeles Kings franchise for five games as a result over the team’s appearance in the Dwayne Johnson film The Tooth Fairy. Campbell announced the suspension during a conference call with reporters, stating “As long as the Kings continue to have no respect for their brand and the [...]
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 [...]
New Jersey Devils arena announcer Kevin Clark is listed as day-to-day following Friday’s 3-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens with what the team is classifying as a sprained tongue. Clark met with media late Friday night and confirmed that the injury occurred while listing Devils enforcer Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond as a healthy scratch before puck drop. [...]
Days after his controversial fight with New York Rangers star Marian Gaborik, Flyers forward Daniel Carcillo was suspended for two games by NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell for what he dubbed “crimes against facial hair.” “While I have no ill will towards Daniel for his fight with Marian, I simply can no longer tolerate the epic [...]