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Rule 99 lives again

This year, an addendum to Rule 56, known as the Sutter Rule, was implemented taking aim at late game instigator penalties. It reads, in it's entirety: (NEW for 2005-06) A player who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation in the final five (5) minutes of regulation time

Curse you SI...

During the 2004 playoffs, Sports Illustrated had a difficult decision to make. They were going to put the Flames, who had just eliminated Detroit, on the cover of their magazine. Instead, they chose to put the NBA playoffs on the cover, and Flames fans couldn't have been more grateful. We

The false god

It's been an amazing 72 hours as players are moving everywhere, and often to places you would last expect. Tony Amonte to Calgary. Bobby Holik to Atlanta. Sergi Gonchar to the Pens. Chris Pronger to Edmonton? As the mad dash for news flames across the internet, people everywhere are looking

And peace was restored to the galaxy, almost

It's a good day to be an NHL hockey fan. The first such good day in 301 days as the longest labour war in sports history is approaching it's conclusion. The buisness of hockey is about to take a backseat to the game of hockey for the first time in

A game of inches

One day and one year ago, the entire city of Calgary was on edge. The entire nation was eagerly anticipating that nights game, as the Calgary Flames had a chance to bring the Cup home. The game ended up exactly as the entire series had gone: extremely tight, with neither

Us against the world

Following the disheartening loss in game 4, and without Ville Niemenen who was lost to suspension, many were once again writing the Calgary Flames off in the 2004 playoffs. Evidently "many" weren't paying attention in the previous three rounds. The theatrics began a day before the game, as Darryl Sutter

Why referees should wear helmets

Well, so much for my seven part recap of last year's finals. The skinny on games two and three: Lightning returned to form, Kipper was awesome, Stillman got the crap beat out of him (deservedly), Lecavalier and Iggy proved that stars can fight, and the two teams split the two