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..
Islanders goaltender shot down rumors that he was injured in a car accident Wednesday night, telling Intent to Blow that he takes special care not to injure himself until the NHL’s regular season begins. Rumors swirled Wednesday evening that DiPietro had been seriously hurt in a crash when, through thoughtful and careful consideration, EPSN Radio [...]
As the Ilya Kovalchuk NHL hostage crisis – henceforth known as “Ilya Gonna Come My Way?” – reaches day 11, the desire for something – anything – please god, just tell us what he had for lunch, prove he’s alive for christsake! – becomes overwhelming. More than a week has passed since the prized left [...]
Hockey fans and players alike spent the weekend trying to wrap their head around how dozens of trade rumors flying around the internet in the days before the draft didn’t pan out when the event ended Saturday evening. “I read somewhere that the Sedins were a lock to head to Colorado for a third round [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The NHL has been missing since Sunday. ESPN wants to know why. The self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader in Sports launched an investigation Friday into why the NHL seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth. The search is the pet project of ESPN anchor Jonathan Coachman. “It all started during one of our production meetings the [...]
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 [...]
Superstar Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin capped off an extraordinary comeback in Sunday’s afternoon game against the Pittsburgh Penguins by leading the New Orleans Saints to their first Super Bowl win, feeding a group of starving ophans and personally digging out the White House from record-breaking snowfall. Following his hat-trick performance in Saturday’s win in [...]
Tens of thousands of New Jersey Devils fans woke up this morning to what they previously thought impossible — their team had, in fact, traded for superstar forward Ilya Kovalchuk. The deal was announced Thursday night and sent defenseman Johnny Oduya, Niklas Bergfors, prospect Patrice Cormier and a 2010 1st round draft pick to the [...]