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..
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 [...]
Peter Forsberg sent shockwaves across the hockey world this weekend when he told any media organization who would listen that his foot still hurts and he is still sad about it. “I just wanted to let everyone know that I wasn’t able to help my friend Bjorn move this weekend because my foot is still [...]
Looking for something to watch after the Stanley Cup playoffs ended last week, thousands of hockey fans across North America have been stricken with World Cup fever and are feared to be bored to death after just days of watching the phenomenally low-scoring game of soccer. “This could be a disaster of epic proportions,” said [...]
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 [...]
The Vancouver Canucks 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues will be the last time Vancouver fans will see their team in person for a very long time. That’s because the Canucks have been kicked out of Vancouver as preparations are underway for the Olympic games. So the Canucks are now at the starting line [...]