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, [...]
A visibly devastated Nikolai Khabibulin was sentenced to spend three years in Edmonton Tuesday after being convicted of extreme DUI in Arizona earlier this week. Khabibulin, who was caught driving his ferrari at twice the legal limit or performing a drunken rocket skate jump over the Grand Canyon, depending on who you ask, jumped out [...]
As the Ilya Kovalchuk NHL hostage crisis – henceforth known as “Ilya Gonna Come My Way?” – reaches day 11, the desire for something – anything – please god, just tell us what he had for lunch, prove he’s alive for christsake! – becomes overwhelming. More than a week has passed since the prized left [...]
Embattled Edmonton Oilers’ goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin is in more hot water in Arizona where he is now facing an “Extreme DUI” charge for allegedly using rocketskates to jump across the Grand Canyon while “at least 10 fingers of vodka deep” authorities announced Tuesday. Tuesday’s arrest marks the second time Khabibulin has been arrested in Arizona in [...]
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 [...]
Bonjour friends. Let’s get right into the rumormill, shall we? My gremlins tell me that the Toronto Maple Leafs were on the verge of pulling another huge deal Sunday. They won’t give up names, but say it unraveled because Brian Burke legitimately broke his finger dialing the phone, trying to get the deal done. Burke [...]