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..
New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello, fresh off his team winning the draft lottery, was reluctant to answer questions about his team’s baffling draft victory Wednesday, saying little more than he “took care of it,” reporters “shouldn’t worry about it” and later, “you want I should break your thumbs?” The Devils won the lottery Tuesday [...]
The New York Rangers have called for a ban on “hockey plays” after Boston Bruins defenseman and Green Giant Peas spokesman Zdeno Chara broke Ryan Callahan’s leg with a slap shot Monday night. Callahan, the team’s second leading scorer, is out indefinitely. His injury a major blow to the Rangers, who are gearing up for [...]
Zach Parise is on the comeback trail – but that trail doesn’t include games against the Islanders or Flyers. The injured Devils forward announced Wednesday that he would skip games against the two division rivals – games the Devils must win if they have any dying hope of making the playoffs – in favor of [...]
Philadelphia defenseman and noted douchebag Chris Pronger recently elbowed Charlie Sheen into signing over the rights to his now famous catchphrase “winning,” according to the troubled actor. Pronger recently made an appearance on Sheen’s Facebook page, prompting discussion about how the two knew each other. Sheen apparently says the meeting wasn’t friendly. “See I was [...]
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke says he plans to appeal any suspension he is issued for elbowing New York Ranger Ryan McDonagh in the head Sunday, claiming elbows are the financial lifeblood of his new charity “Elbows for Pacioretty.” Cooke says the charity raises money for the family of injured Canadien Max Pacioretty, who is [...]
The New York Islanders mustachioed bruiser Trevor Gillies said he so enjoyed the time off from a recent nine-game suspension that he sought out more last night, by blasting the head of Minnesota Wild’s Cal Clutterbuck off the glass in his first game back. “Those nine games off were great,” Gillies said. “I really got [...]
In what some are already calling the steal of the NHL trading season, the Ottawa Senators fleeced the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 7th round pick for healthy-scratch enthusiast Alexei Kovalev today. As word of the trade spread, people were stunned to hear Kovalev, who many thought had retired five years ago but apparently occasionally played [...]
Mario Lemieux longs for the good old days. The superstar-turned-owner continued his tirade against the state of the league today, telling reporters that the NHL was held in much higher regard when he was playing and its standing was publicly being trashed by its most dominant player: him. “I just don’t know how anyone could [...]
Hours after the NHL handed out its ruling on the Penguins and Islanders game that saw a total of 346 penalty minutes handed out, Islanders owner Charles Wang issued a press release stating that because the team could not afford to pay the $100,000 fine the league had imposed on them, they will be holding [...]
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Brent Johnson revealed this morning that he convinced Egyptian President Honsi Mubarak to step down by shaking his fist at him before flying back to fight the Islanders for the second time in days. Mubarak left office following nearly three weeks of protest in the northern African country, but Johnson said it [...]