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The Five For Howling Roundtable: A Few Of Our Favorite Hockey Things
Greetings Phoenix Coyotes fans. This week, in honor of the holiday season, the FFH staff lists a number of their favorite (and least favorite) things revolving around the world of puck. Feel free to list your own in the comments section. Travis Hair - Managing Editor <!--[if gte mso...
Rules Primer: Why Goalie Interference Has To Be So Freaking Complicated
God bless the NHL television crews. They try so hard but often just don't know what they're talking about when it comes to the rules. This is especially true with goalie interference, one of the most nuanced rules in the book at the NHL level and often one of the most debated by those involved in...
Open thread! Open thread! Open thread! Or something
John left me in charge of this today, so I'm going to do it a bit differently. Because, you know me, I've just got to be different. Don't worry. He'll be back with your regularly scheduled programming next Tuesday night. So instead of links, I'm going to go with a single link. That's right - just...
Nov 5, 1955: How Beliveau's 3 in 44 led to "The Canadiens Rule"
The Montreal Canadiens had started off the 1955-56 season where they had left off, prior to the infamous suspension of Maurice "Rocket" Richard and the ensuing rioting that followed. By the end of October, and one game into November, the Canadiens were 6-3-3, and leading the league. Meanwhile,...
Steve Ott Hit Included in NHL Rules Video
Steve Ott's low hit (or "low bridge", if you like) on Carlo Colaiacovo is shown in this video at approximately the 3:35 mark to illustrate an illegal hip check/low hit. He was suspended 2 games for this check. This isn't really a good thing, but like all of you I point and get excited when the...
Club Two-Minutes: Bad Calls and Zero Accountability
It was like a bad memory coming back to haunt and effect, years and years after the original incident took place. Just when you thought you had moved away from having to dwell on such malignancies, another incident occurs that juts that past experience right back into your train of thought. Yet...
"Should I? Well, maybe... Um, wait a second, no... Well, why not? Sure... Uh... ?"
TSN.ca - NHL - Canada's Sports Leader Report: Bettman issues warning 3/29/2004 Gary Bettman has seen and heard enough. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the NHL Commissioner sent a memo to all teams last week warning coaches and general managers that they are accountable for the behaviour...
Fighting Vs. Hitting
The picture here is Ethan Moreau hitting Dustin Brown, taken from a February game against L.A. Brown had taken a run at Ladislav Smid, and Moreau decided to avenge him with one of the best open-ice hits I've seen in some time. Moreau subsequently fought Matt Greene, in what has become a common...
Rule 78.4
Sometimes, we take rules for granted. Take scoring a goal for example. A simple matter of the little black disc completely crossing the red line within the goalposts, right? Not quite. Rule 78.4 of the NHL Rulebook has this little important wrinkle: 78.4 Scoring a Goal - A goal shall be...
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