[solved]Hockey Talk

At first since she's fat, I was thinking the shirt meant that her baby was growing a playoff beard. And that made her smoking all the more St. Louis-y.
But then I realized the photo was actually more disgusting than that.

Ned Braden wrote:At first since she's fat, I was thinking the shirt meant that her baby was growing a playoff beard. And that made her smoking all the more St. Louis-y.

Holy shit, didn't realize how good that was till the 3rd or 4th time it scrolled through. "Controller disconnected" with floating Ovie is comedic brilliance.

Did you see this thing? It's nuts:
http://gigapixel.panoramas.com/minnesotawild/05052013/

I think that broke my computer. So many bored looking Wild fans.

I wonder if they carry this at Binny's?

reuben wrote:I wonder if Bob Cole will learn the Sens names before this series ends.

I guess not!

Edit:

Congrats Reuben! Bring on Pittsburgh (probably).

It was a fun series.

Let's go Islanders!

Pretty classy sendoff from the Habs fans. Maybe you guys aren't so bad after all.

@ian_mendes wrote:Once again Hall & Oates "You make my dreams come true" blaring from Sens locker room.

wp64 wrote:Ottawa is perfecting their boring, low-scoring style of play centered around their shutdown goalie.

silversevensens wrote:Ottawa outscored Montreal 20-9 in the series. Their 13 goals in the third period/overtime were more than the Habs had in the entire series. According to Brent Wallace, the 13 goals third period/overtime goals by Ottawa are the most in NHL playoff history by a team that didn't allow any third period or overtime goals.

@Dave_Stubbs wrote:#Habs Brandon Prust had a rib separate from its cartilage during Game 4. Left OT in extreme pain, pushed rib back in himself. Story coming

Beautiful goal just now from McDonald to put the Isles up 2-1 after one period of play. These guys just won't go away.

Fucking Orpik.

http://deadspin.com/the-nassau-coliseum-was-not-a-dump-what-the-isles-are-499081559

did it just get a little dusty itt?

Hockey questions:

1) Can a team send any player it wants into the circle for a face off?

2) In football, refs will throw a flag if a team has more than 11 men on the field at once, even if the 12th guy is on his way off and is inches from reaching the sidelines when the ball is snapped. By comparison, how closely do hockey refs watch line changes to make sure that there are only 5 "skating" players on the ice at once?

3) Can you do individual player changes whenever you want or do teams have to change entire lines at a time?

4) During a face off, if a player gets caught "going for the puck" to early before it's dropped (I'm not sure what to call this but you know what I mean), the ref will send him out and another player will have to come in and take his place. Can anyone come in to do this or does the ref choose his replacement?

1) Can a team send any player it wants into the circle for a face off?

4) During a face off, if a player gets caught "going for the puck" to early before it's dropped (I'm not sure what to call this but you know what I mean), the ref will send him out and another player will have to come in and take his place. Can anyone come in to do this or does the ref choose his replacement?
Any player on the line on ice except the goalie is permitted to take a face off, although the rules describe the face off as taking place between the two teams' centers (Rule 76.3). The center usually takes the face off and is usually a player skilled at taking the face off, and the wingers are usually skilled at moving the puck from their locations off center.

If the center is thrown out a winger steps in -- the team's choice not the official's. He has to step in promptly or the puck will be dropped without him (76.4).

http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26487


2) In football, refs will throw a flag if a team has more than 11 men on the field at once, even if the 12th guy is on his way off and is inches from reaching the sidelines when the ball is snapped. By comparison, how closely do hockey refs watch line changes to make sure that there are only 5 "skating" players on the ice at once?

3) Can you do individual player changes whenever you want or do teams have to change entire lines at a time?
Individual players can change off a line. Last year Paul MacLean did this often with Zenon Konopka who was great at faceoffs and punching people but sometimes more of a liability in the offensive zone than an asset. So he'd win a crucial face off and head right to the bench.

Rule 74: http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26485
"Players may be changed at any time during the play from the players’ bench provided that the player or players leaving the ice shall be within five feet (5') of his players’ bench and out of the play before the change is made."
calling the penalty is at the official's discretion, so it depends on how good or awful he is at his job.

Roenick and Milbury have no business ripping on Alfie's sick flow.

Thanks, reuben.

What did I do?