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..
In an announcement that shocked few, if anyone, across the hockey world Tuesday night, unsigned center Kyle Wellwood announced at a press conference that he is willing to take a job with any team that offers food as compensation. Wellwood, a serviceable center at 27 years old, is one of many low-to-mid level free agents [...]
After months of speculation, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a blockbuster deal that will send the Leafs’ next 13 first round draft picks to other teams in the Northeast division on a rotating schedule. Speculation has run rampant this summer that Kaberle, who has a brief [...]
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 [...]
Baseball fans were stunned Wednesday to learn that NHL referee Kerry Fraser has made the jump to calling baseball games by costing Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game with an incredibly weak call in the ninth inning. Fraser, calling the Tigers/Indians game under the nickname “Jim Joyce” and wearing a fake mustache, called [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]