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..
Following a contentious arbitration, Nashville Predators General Manager David Poile and superstar Shea Weber have enrolled in couples therapy in hopes they can reconcile their differences and avoid a messy divorce, the pair told ItB. “Look I said some things I shouldn’t have said, didn’t treat Shea with the respect that he deserves,” Poile said [...]
SAN JOSE, CA.: The morning after the Detroit Red Wings miracle comeback was stimied by the San Jose Sharks, the team received even more bad news. NHL Disciplinarian Colin Campbell informed Wings GM Ken Holland early this morning that both Jiri Hudler and Dan Cleary have been suspended for the start of the 2011-2012 season, [...]
After a grueling seven-game series against defending champions the Chicago Blackhawks, the Vancouver Canucks were dismayed to learn they would be required to win three more series to win the Stanley Cup. The team was informed late Wednesday that it would begin another seven-game series with the Nashville Predators Thursday night, the second of what [...]
Residents of the United States were collectively scratching their heads Monday morning after learning the Nashville Predators had won their first playoff series in their existence. Researchers at Princeton University said they measured the highest number of people simultaneously saying “who the fuck are these guys?” in the nation’s history as they read or heard [...]
The Columbus Blue Jackets franchise is facing a hefty fine from the National Hockey League stemming from an incident during their game against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jackets were awarded a Power Play late in the third period when Devils defenseman Mark Fayne inadvertently coughed up some phlegm on Jackets [...]
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. [...]
Brendan Shanahan, NHL’s VP of Hockey and Business Development, admitted that some factors did contribute more significantly than others when it came to naming the 2011 NHL All-Star Games’ alternate captains. “In the end, they are all remarkable players, so when it came right down to putting the names in the press release, we went [...]
The St. Louis Blues are hoping to add Kyle Wellwood by luring him from Russia with a trail of pork steaks, a popular St. Louis standby. The oft-eating Wellwood, who most recently played in the NHL for the Vancouver Canucks, had his contract voided recently by the KHL’s Atlant Moscow Oblast after violating a key [...]
NHL Deputy Commissioner Colin Campbell decides how many game a player committing a head shot or blind side hit will be suspended by asking the victimized player how many fingers he sees Campbell holding up afterwards, ItB has learned. “Yea. We did a lot of research and it works pretty well. By that I mean [...]
By J.K. Robbins How does a rock band stay relevant in a society full of short attention spans? How do they keep the residuals rolling in despite having a catalog of only two albums that have been out for years? In the case of the Scottish rock act, The Fratellis, the answer came in the [...]