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..
Washington Capitals forward Alexander Semin announced today he would be taking some time off after lighting the league on fire for 13 goals during the first month and a half of the season in order to balance out his typical inconsistency. In a statement released by Semin, the star forward said he had clearly outplayed [...]
The Florida Panthers are opening the trade markets early, looking to trade away Radek Dvorak, who is five games shy of becoming the franchise all-time leader in games played, a milestone nobody in the Panthers’ front office ever saw happening. “Honestly, it’s embarrassing it even got this far,” a source within the Panthers organization told [...]
Carolina Hurricanes rookie Jeff Skinner’s lifelong dream came true earlier this month – he’s played in the NHL. How he has a new dream – to avoid playing in North Carolina. “I’m hoping they’ll send me back to Kitchener,” said the first-year center. “I can’t bear the thought of going to Raleigh. Finland was neat, [...]
The Florida Panthers announced Monday that the BankAtlantic Center will be covered up entirely with a large blue tarp so long as Lebron James remains in the state and continues to sap any last vestige of fan interest in the team. “With the NBA regular season starting soon and King James suiting up just 40 minutes away, [...]
We’re back for round two of our high school superlative previews. In fact, we’ll be posting these every Tuesday/Thursday til the start of the season. So uhh… I hope you like them. Because there’s no going back now. Up today, the southeast division courtesy of the lovely Miss L.M. Ruhland. Southeast Division By L.M. Ruhland [...]
Washington Capitals superstar Alexander Ovechkin did not attend the opening day of training camp and is said to be grieving after learning a D.C.-based hockey fan chose Sidney Crosby and not him with the #1 pick in his fantasy hockey draft. “It’s tough man,” said defenseman Mike Green. “You work and you work and you [...]
*Scroll down for update* The NHL announced Wednesday that all future CBA and contract negotiations will be moved to Twitter, citing the social network’s unbelievable capacity to boil endlessly complicated and controversial topics down to 140 characters or less. The move follows the warm welcome Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Dan Ellis received from fans earlier [...]
The New Jersey Devils announced this morning that Ilya Kovalchuk has signed the exact same 17-year $102 million contract that was rejected by the NHL two weeks ago, and are submitting it to the league along with a recently discovered birth certificate that claims the Russian is 23, not 27. “It was our bad really,” [...]
Two days after someone named Maxime Talbot called Alexander Ovechkin “a real douche” on morning radio show, the Russian superstar said he was conducting his own investigation into who the fuck Maxime Talbot is, exactly. Allegedly a Pittsburgh Penguins forward, Talbot blasted Ovechkin hours before a press conference promoting the 2011 Winter Classic between the [...]
The National Hockey League is hoping to make its 2010-2011 season a campaign its true fans will never forget by scheduling nearly sixty Capitals/Penguins match-ups throughout it’s six-month regular season. “It’s our way of giving back to our true fans that have supported us throughout the post-lockout era,” said NHL Executive Bill Daly, “the Pittsburgh [...]