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..
Zach Parise is on the comeback trail – but that trail doesn’t include games against the Islanders or Flyers. The injured Devils forward announced Wednesday that he would skip games against the two division rivals – games the Devils must win if they have any dying hope of making the playoffs – in favor of [...]
Chicago Blackhawks forward Dustin Byfuglien, responding to mountains of discussion on the pronunciation of his last name during this year’s playoffs, told reporters in a press conference Tuesday that his name is actually pronounced “Smith.” “I just wanted to clear the air. It’s a little known Minnesota dialect,” Byfuglien said. “Where I come from ‘byfug’ makes [...]
Millions of hockey fans took to the streets Sunday night to celebrate what many are already calling “the Inevitability on Ice” after the heavily favored Canada defeated the United States with hockey’s poster child Sidney Crosby potting the game-winning goal before nearly 20,000 fans on their home turf. “We all knew this day would come,” [...]
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 [...]
Minutes after locking up a deal to bring forwards Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust to the Rangers, New York GM Glen Sather told reporters he thought he was ” finally starting to get the hang of this, maybe.” The deal, rumored for more than a day before being finalized late Monday night, sends underachieving forwards [...]