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..
Goaltender Rick DiPietro went down with an injury during the Islanders 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames Monday night, to the surprise of absolutely nobody. The Islanders acted quickly to replace DiPietro on the roster, recalling recently-signed backup goaltender Murphy Slaw from the team’s AHL franchise in Bridgeport. Slaw, a relative unknown that has apparently [...]
The Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers finished a pre-season Sunday that will be greater than anything either team has done, or will do for the next five years, team officials admitted Monday. The two Canadian teams finished the pre-season a combined 10-1, a mark neither could possibly hope to match in the regular season, [...]
Bonjour my friends. Big news to start off tonight’s column. My gnomes tell me that Team USA star Paul Stastny has demanded a trade from the Colorado Avalanche. What could drive the budding superstar to such a demand? Why, the Olympics themselves. My sources tell me that Stastny was heard berating goalie Craig Anderson for [...]
The San Jose Sharks announced Friday that they have hired Olympic curler John Shuster as a Special Adviser on the Choking Arts with an eye towards “the most epic playoff meltdown the world has ever seen.” Shuster is captain of the US Olympic Curling team, which currently sits at 0-4 in round robin play. It’s [...]
Minutes after locking up a deal to bring forwards Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust to the Rangers, New York GM Glen Sather told reporters he thought he was ” finally starting to get the hang of this, maybe.” The deal, rumored for more than a day before being finalized late Monday night, sends underachieving forwards [...]
Toronto Mayor David Miller officially barred the use of the phrase “turning over a new leaf” in the Canadian city Monday after nearly every media outlet in North America used it to describe the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Sunday afternoon trade bonanza. The move followed Maple Leafs’ General Manager Brian Burke’s decision to take an etch-a-sketch [...]
A Canadian newspaper reporter covered a Phoenix Coyotes game Thursday without once taking a shot at the teams attendance figures. It is believed to be the first instance of an article on the Coyotes with the focus solely on on-ice matters this season. Phoenix captain Shane Doan was surprised when told of the article, published [...]