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..
Dustin Byfuglien broke out of his Stanley Cup slump Sunday night. He didn’t, however, bust out The Buff – his post-goal celebratory dance move that’s sweeping the nation. According to the curiously-named winger (shouldn’t it be By-FOOG-lee-in?), it was spite that kept his right leg planted firmly on the ice. After losing two games in [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have hired a topiarist to try and trim the team’s ridiculously bushy playoff beards into more aerodynamic shapes, after many on the team appeared to be sluggish under the weight of their facial fur to open the Stanley Cup Finals this weekend. “Clearly we’re in some dire straights here,” said Flyers coach [...]
Hours before game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals Saturday, Blackhawks officials gave their core players a briefing on how to avoid an attack from the dreaded Zombie Chris Pronger. While many believe the Philadelphia Flyers defenseman’s notoriously dirty play simply makes him a leading member of the doucheoisie, he has actually been a zombie [...]
With his team languishing in the NHL playoffs as the only remaining team without a compelling storyline, Chicago Blackhawks General Manager Stan Bowman sent a baffling multi-page letter to reporters Monday morning detailing harrowing tails of hardship, triumph and heroism he said “were the real playoff stories.” The Blackhawks — a legitimately talented, growing and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]