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..
Members of the Toronto Maple Leafs are growing concerned after star rookie goaltender James Reimer was seen hanging out with great-for-a-season goaltenders Blaine Lacher, Jim Carey and Byron Dafoe. Reimer has been a sensation in Toronto, going 12-5 with a robust .924 save percentage since taking over the starting role. But he was pulled Saturday [...]
Riots broke out across British Columbia today after Ottawa Senators star Daniel Alfredsson made a seemingly innocuous statement Sunday night when a reporter asked him who he thought was going to take home the Stanley Cup this year. “Oh, Vancouver without a doubt. They’re playing great right now,” he said. “I guarantee it.” The Canucks [...]
Update: 2:19 pm. — In a whirlwind of activity, sources tell ItB that Taro Tsujimoto has been traded back to the Buffalo Sabres for the trademark rights to the Sabres “electric slug” logo. “After we got pegged with the angry tree during the Guardian Project we made the decision to switch things up,” Burke said. [...]
The latest seven-year agreement between the National Hockey League and Molson Canadian is only the tip of the iceberg as the league looks to increase sponsorship revenues. “We’ve bounced a few ideas around,” said John Collins, NHL Chief Operating Officer. “And we really liked it when McDonald’s sponsored the Calgary Flames’ Heritage Classic jerseys so [...]
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 [...]
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle is ready to elevate his game. Kaberle’s agent, Rick Curran, said the always-rumored-to-be-traded rearguard has engineered plans to have the most infuriating, mind-bendingly complex set of trade deadline rumors in the history of the NHL. “Let’s face it, the summer was disappointing. Tomas’ name only appeared in trade rumors [...]
Ottawa, Ontario — Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson will be out indefinitely with a back injury that is thought to be stemmed from attempting to carry his entire team for almost three full seasons. “It’s tough to see Alfie go down like that,” said the dude who hangs out behind the Ottawa bench, Cory Clouston. “I [...]
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 [...]
Tim Thomas is in the holiday spirit. The Boston Bruins netminder, who has confounded goal scorers for more than two months of NHL play, announced this morning he would donate each of the goals he absolutely robbed from opposing players to the New York Islanders for the holidays. “Tis the season,” Thomas told reporters today. [...]
Ilya Kovalchuk was given formal notice from New Jersey Devils coach John MacLean this morning that he has been cut from his team — the Die Hard Destroyers of the Devils alumni fantasy league. “The Devils may be stuck with him, but that doesn’t mean I have to be,” MacLean said following the decision. “Look [...]