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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
NHL Disciplinarian Colin Campbell said today he suspended Pittsburgh Penguins enforcer Matt Cooke because he didn’t knock Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Fedor Tyutin unconscious. “I agree with Roenick, it was a chicken shit hit,” Campbell said today. “If you’re going to hit someone like that at least make them woozy. Tyutin got right back up. [...]
The much ballyhooed 1st meeting between Boston Bruins star Marc Savard and Pittsburgh Penguins agitator Matt Cooke was dampened before it even started tonight, when Savard told a group of reporters he can’t remember Cooke doing anything that would make him dislike the bruising winger. Savard was knocked loopy by a high hit from Cooke [...]