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..
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 [...]
Detroit Red Wings team officials cried foul today after reports surfaced that the San Jose Sharks had replaced annual playoff disappointment Joe Thornton with Volstad, the Russian hockey playing bear for their second round playoff series. Multiple reports stated that Volstad, whose celebrity exceeds Alexander Ovechkin in his native Russia, had been snuck into the [...]
A massive manhunt for San Jose Sharks’ star Joe Thornton was officially called off after a Colorado Avalanche buried him this week, marking the fifth straight year the talented center has gone missing during the early spring. “While we had some hope of finding Joe after his team managed an overtime win during game two [...]
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 [...]