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..
Faced with a mushrooming epidemic of star players being sidelined by head injuries, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced today that concussions will be banned from the sport of hockey, effective immediately. “This has gotten out of hand. We’ve got guys that are so strung out on concussions they can’t remember their own name,” Bettman said. [...]
Pittsburgh, PA – Mike Lange, radio voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, is in critical but stable condition Monday morning after being attacked by a wild Penguins fan who attempted to actually scratch his back with a hacksaw. Lang, 63, was attacked late Saturday night while leaving RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina after broadcasting the [...]
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger, widely reported to be injured this week, has actually been healthy, but has refused to leave his team’s defensive zone in Tampa Bay in an ongoing “Occupy Tampa” protest of the Lightning’s stifling trap system, ItB has learned. Pronger has apparently not moved from what was the Flyers defensive zone in a [...]
Sidney Crosby suffered a setback in his concussion recovery after repeatedly slamming his head against a wall following the latest barrage of questions from the media about his condition. Crosby hasn’t played since last year after suffering a concussion in the first weeks of 2011. Crosby was expected to meet with a neurologist later this [...]
The New Jersey Devils’ upper brass are growing frantic after realizing IKEA failed to include assembly instructions for several of its Swedish players, putting the team’s season jeopardy before it begins. Hours ahead of a pre-season battle with the New York Rangers, the Devils coaching staff were scrambling to figure out how to put together [...]
Philadelphia Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren announced he has resumed his search for a franchise goaltender after blockbuster free agent signing Ilya Bryzgalov was lit up for three goals in his preseason debut last night. “I think it’s safe to say this isn’t working out,” Holmgren said. “All no movement clauses, like Ilya’s, are written [...]
With summer entering its waning months, one thing is certain: The Boston Bruins are probably still hungover. What’s more is that a new season is inching ever closer and that means it’s prediction time! For the sake of hockey withdrawal, Intent to Blow has compiled a two part series: a list of ten things that will [...]
The war of words between the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers got taken up a notch Monday, after Oilers GM Steve Tambellini blasted his L.A. trade partners for giving them an elderly, overpaid man instead of Ryan Smyth. “I know Ryan Smyth. He played here for years and was incredibly popular,” Tambellini said. “You [...]
In what many are calling the most befuddling personality changes in history, mild-mannered New York Rangers’ forward Sean Avery has overnight become a polarizing figure to fans of the NHL. The annual Lady Byng finalist shocked many around the league by recently expressing an opinion on a controversial topic, same-sex marriage, in a pretaped commercial [...]
Could Matt Cooke have claimed his biggest head shot victim to date? As the news broke late Sunday night that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed by a shot to the head, Pittsburgh Penguin enforcer Cooke was seen standing near a wall, whistling nonchalantly while pandemonium erupted around him. “I told him that [...]