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 [...]
Looking for something to watch after the Stanley Cup playoffs ended last week, thousands of hockey fans across North America have been stricken with World Cup fever and are feared to be bored to death after just days of watching the phenomenally low-scoring game of soccer. “This could be a disaster of epic proportions,” said [...]
Eager to ride the wave of good ratings and heightened popularity the NHL has experienced this season, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman today announced the “Summer Classic,” an underwater hockey game featuring two of the leagues southern franchises, is set for this July. “Gotta keep that gravy train rolling,” Bettman said. “I’d slap the NHL logo [...]
Commissioner Gary Bettman announced early Tuesday that this year’s NHL playoffs will be decided solely by a series of shootouts in a bid to capitalize on what he called “the universal popularity and embracement” of the regular season spectacle. “You don’t mess with a good thing,” Bettman said. “It’s a showcase of the skills of [...]
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 [...]
NHL leadership has urged game officials to “just make shit up” after it became clear that Washington Capitals freakstar Alexander Ovechkin could not be stopped by today’s conventional game or players, internal memos revealed this week. Memos obtained by Intent to Blow throughout February reveal that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, frustrated by Ovechkin’s recent streak [...]
The parents of a young boy who appears in the NHL Network’s “Hockey Is For Everyone” commercial filed a lawsuit against New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro yesterday, claiming emotional stressed suffered by their son when DiPietro picked him up and bolted to a local Wendy’s, screaming like the Mad Hatter with the boy in [...]
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 [...]