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 before game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals Saturday, Blackhawks officials gave their core players a briefing on how to avoid an attack from the dreaded Zombie Chris Pronger. While many believe the Philadelphia Flyers defenseman’s notoriously dirty play simply makes him a leading member of the doucheoisie, he has actually been a zombie [...]
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Thursday that the Winter Classic will be held in Pittsburgh, a move he hopes will stop superstar Sidney Crosby from “demanding a two-week trade to the Chicago Blackhawks.” Bettman said he had considered hosting the event in New York City, but reconsidered after receiving “no fewer than 45 voicemails from [...]
A Philadelphia Flyers fan was Tasered in a New Jersey office building Tuesday morning after his co-worker claimed the man was “bending the laws of douchebaggery” following his team’s triumphant return to the Stanley Cup Finals. Witnesses at Benton and Thompson Accounting in Hamilton, NJ said Jeff Selkers was Tasered by co-worker Tom Daniels shortly [...]
“No fucking way,” Flyers forward Simon Gagne said in disbelief. Eight minutes and 22 seconds into the third period of game 3 of the Philadelphia Flyers game against the Montreal Canadians Thursday night everything changed. The Flyers had scored a goal. And with that, the belief that an away team could actually score, if not [...]
With his team languishing in the NHL playoffs as the only remaining team without a compelling storyline, Chicago Blackhawks General Manager Stan Bowman sent a baffling multi-page letter to reporters Monday morning detailing harrowing tails of hardship, triumph and heroism he said “were the real playoff stories.” The Blackhawks — a legitimately talented, growing and [...]
Flyers goaltender Michael Leighton was eaten by a crocodile roaming the halls of the Wachovia Center Saturday morning, the seventeenth goaltender this season to be placed on the injured reserve for the team. Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren held a press conference and said Leighton’s season was over and he had been placed on the [...]
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 [...]
NHL players voted unanimously Saturday night to dub the NBA’s Lebron James a “tea-drinking girlie man” in the wake of his much-ballyhooed elbow injury that may or may not be slowing down the Cavaliers superstar. The resolution, adopted at a hastily-called together meeting of the toughest NHL players early Saturday, urges James to “get over [...]
NYU drama graduate student Dan Carcillo said he’s preparing to wow his professors for his final project Friday night against the Boston Bruins after several highly touted performances throughout the NHL playoffs this year. “When I leave the ice tonight, people will be throwing awards at me,” Carcillo said, practicing his jazz hands after practice [...]
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 [...]