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..
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 [...]
When the United States and Canada face off tonight in for a gold medal, don’t expect Vancouver native Tim Davison to even look in your general direction if you’re wearing blue. “Blue is an American color,” Davison said. “We’re Canadians here, alls we need is red and white. And Molson. GO CANADA GO!” With the [...]
With his national healthcare reform plan in a tenuous position, U.S. President Barack Obama rode into Vancouver on a horse and demanded that Canada hand over its universal healthcare or face “the ice hockey ass-kicking of a lifetime.” Obama, who has been attempting to push through health care reform in the United States, read a [...]
Team USA Forward Patrick Kane was spotted furiously trying to land a triple salchow Monday morning which sources say he hopes to break out in time for Team USA’s quarterfinal game Wednesday in hopes of luring wider coverage from NBC. NBC has consistently declined to show ice hockey on prime time network television, drawing the [...]
Hours before the United States’ ice hockey team was to square off against powerhouse Canada, U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced in a joint press conference the losing nation would concede the proper spelling of defens(c)e. “In the spirit of competition between our two great nations, we thought this would [...]
Vancouver took to the high seas Sunday morning in pursuit of Norwegian ice hockey star Tore Vikingstad after he allegedly went on pillaging rampage through the Olympic Village Saturday night, before fleeing on a longship. After scoring a hat-trick in Norway’s dramatic loss to the Swiss Saturday, witnesses said they saw Vikingstad — clad in [...]
The NHL has been missing since Sunday. ESPN wants to know why. The self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader in Sports launched an investigation Friday into why the NHL seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth. The search is the pet project of ESPN anchor Jonathan Coachman. “It all started during one of our production meetings the [...]
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 [...]
A Chicago-area retiree accidentally watched an Olympic hockey game Tuesday afternoon. And he wasn’t very happy about it. Roger Morena, 68, said he was sitting down for his weekly Law & Order: Criminal Intent marathon on the USA Network yesterday when the sudden switch was pulled. Instead of seeing series stars Vincent D’Onofrio and Katheryn [...]
Jamie Langenbrunner (l.) and Zach Parise (c.) say this Olympics won’t soon be forgotten. Jay Leach (r.) says he likes Moo Shu Pork. As the United States prepared to face-off against Switzerland to open the 2010 Olympic mens ice hockey competition, captain Jamie Langenbrunner said he would only accept one outcome to the tournament: An [...]