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..
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, [...]
Carolina rookie Jamie McBain has heard all your stupid Simpsons references. He gets it, he shares a name with fictional movie star McBain. Now knock it off. The Hurricanes young gun, who has posted seven points (three goals, four assists) and a plus 5 rating in his ten-game stint in Carolina, said he’s tired of [...]
NHL superstar Alexander Ovechkin was suspended Monday for two “games” as a result of his hit on Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell. Ovechkin will miss road matchups with the Panthers and Hurricanes during his, ahem, “suspension.” “Mr. Ovechkin has been reckless in his play for quite some time now, and it’s time we really dropped the [...]
Several Carolina Hurricanes fans lost their homes last week when the tradition of sounding a hurricane warning siren prior to the start of home games failed to alert a sellout crowd of an actual hurricane approaching the North Carolina coast. Hurricane Herman came ashore last Wednesday packing winds of more than 100 miles per hour, [...]