The offsides rule is different from soccer.

The main part of the rule is that a teammate can't be in the attacking zone if the puck doesn't go past the blue line. Basically, the person handling the puck has to be the first person to enter the attack zone...no one else can enter the zone beforehand. If you happen to be behind the whole defense...well, that's a breakaway.

10/6/2005 12:18:40 AM

To elaborate:

Basically, the puck has to be the first thing across the blue line. Anyone over the blue line before the puck is offside. There is one exception to this: if a player with the puck crosses the blue line before the puck while he is controlling it (say he spins off a defender and is skating backwards across the blue line) he is onside. If he doesn't have clear control of the puck in such a situation, he's off.

This year, if you are offside when the puck comes in, you can skate back and "tag" the blue line to be back on side. Once all the offensive players inside the zone have exited the zone, they can re-enter and touch the puck without being whistled offside.

10/6/2005 12:54:04 AM

ok thanks

10/6/2005 9:15:46 AM

My favorite line of the night:

"Tampa Bay might just have the 2 largest goalies in captivity"

10/6/2005 9:41:20 AM

cam ward gettin his first start tomorrow

10/6/2005 7:20:50 PM

NEEEED! 2 TICKETS TO TOMORROW NIGHTS GAME. LET ME KNOW PRICE AND SECTION! WILLING TO PAY MORE THAN FACE VALUE.

10/7/2005 1:21:28 AM

woooo

10/7/2005 11:28:36 AM

think the canes will sign a veteran netminder with gerber's status in question?

10/7/2005 1:51:04 PM

nah, they will just rely on ward. gerbers injury isnt too serious is it?

10/7/2005 1:53:16 PM

all they'll say is that gerber is out indefinately or he's day to day, depends if you believe TSN or ESPN

[Edited on October 7, 2005 at 1:58 PM. Reason : s]

10/7/2005 1:54:39 PM

Despite Forsland and Tracey going on and on about it, I really do think Ward is looking pretty good. I guess we'll see tonight, but I think the kid's got it

10/7/2005 3:34:45 PM

he's got it

10/7/2005 10:47:25 PM

what a game!!!

just got back. i cant think of a better way for the canes to attract fans than what they did tonight in front of a slam-packed house

gg canes

10/7/2005 11:08:09 PM

the future

10/8/2005 2:56:48 PM

Go Canes

10/8/2005 6:59:23 PM

damn right

ps those singers sounded horrible through the feed

10/8/2005 7:08:36 PM

Chick next to the Black dude would get it though.. oh and go canes..

p.s.- crowds in the big markets have been great even on 2nd home games and not opening nights.. the mauseoleum (sp?) looks pretty full..

[Edited on October 8, 2005 at 7:10 PM. Reason : f]

10/8/2005 7:09:51 PM

ERIC STAAAAAAAAAAAL

10/8/2005 7:24:48 PM

the only criticism of the canes so far is we need to get the powerplay going

10/8/2005 7:40:04 PM

the pace of this game is incredible, hockey kicks ass

10/8/2005 7:41:15 PM

The 'Canes are looking good so far! Great goal for Staal!

Quote :

" p.s.- crowds in the big markets have been great even on 2nd home games and not opening nights.. the mausoleum looks pretty full.."

It's the Islanders first home game tonight. Their other game was on the road at Buffalo on Wednesday.

10/8/2005 7:54:35 PM

Quote :

"crowds in the big markets have been great"

lookin at this morning's paper, Boston only had 13,771, Chicago 11, 823

10/8/2005 8:00:25 PM

happy b-day kevyn

from espn.com

Quote :

" The Hurricanes, who have remained near the bottom of the NHL ticket price rankings for five years, are again hockey's best bargain. On average, fans will pay $26.15 for a seat at the RBC Center."

so STFU ppl interviewed by WRAL who wanted lower prices

[Edited on October 8, 2005 at 8:10 PM. Reason : a]

10/8/2005 8:06:57 PM

Quote :

"lookin at this morning's paper, Boston only had 13,771, Chicago 11, 823"

Could have something to do with baseball playoff games for those cities... big deals in both towns.

10/9/2005 5:05:38 PM

the baseball was in the afternoon though

10/9/2005 10:31:08 PM

Fan: You guys gotta stop losin', Get the power play together
Reggie Dunlop: Yeah, We're workin on it

10/12/2005 12:02:21 AM

anyone going tonight?

canes vs ovechkin and the caps at 7

10/12/2005 10:32:37 AM

10/12/2005 7:02:29 PM

there is like 8 people there..



[Edited on October 12, 2005 at 7:14 PM. Reason : ^ ah ha beat me to it.]

10/12/2005 7:13:42 PM

The people who own/can afford those seats never show up for games like these. The upper deck has a much higher attendance density, I'm sure.

On a side note, Matt Cullen just pwnt Kolzig.

10/12/2005 8:00:18 PM

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME

10/12/2005 8:02:21 PM

WHAT IN THE GOD DAMN HELL WAS THAT?!?!??! JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!

10/12/2005 8:02:31 PM

i JUST tuned in. . . am i to understand we scored on ourselves after we pulled the goalie on a delayed penalty?

10/12/2005 8:04:15 PM

We did.

But we just got it back, so no sweat.

10/12/2005 8:05:16 PM

i'll be at the meadowlands to see the devils vs canes game this saturday. can't wait to finally see some nhl hockey again. the best thing is that i got these tix for free through work.

10/12/2005 8:06:12 PM

hahaha brendan witt got owned

i can't get enough of that

"waaaaaaah please trade me to a good team to take attention away from the fact that i am a colossal bust"

10/12/2005 8:28:48 PM

10/12/2005 9:00:14 PM

canes are going bananas here

10/12/2005 9:03:53 PM

Looks like for the moment Staal is tied for 1st in the league in goal scoring and point scoring.

10/12/2005 9:08:08 PM

Well, there's something they did not do the entire 2003-2004 season. Score 7 goals in a game (they scored 6 goals one time in 03-04).

10/12/2005 9:13:10 PM

god tripp tracy needs to be fired

"he is from that. . . stockholm-infested country"

w
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f

10/12/2005 9:17:11 PM

god brendan witt is such a bitch

10/12/2005 9:21:50 PM

10/12/2005 9:27:36 PM

I just got home from the game! It was great. Granted I missed the first because of class! Booo!!!

The power play looked better tonight. Cam looked great in goal. The guys seem to play with a ton of confidence with him in there! It was also good to see Nordgren get his first NHL goal! Staal is playing some awesome hockey! It's great! And we had 21 shots on goal in the third, it was crazy!!!

Go 'Canes!!!

10/12/2005 9:47:38 PM

ERIC MOTHER FUCKIN STAAL BITCHES!

10/12/2005 9:48:05 PM

I just got back from the game too... second row, it was great. The cane's whipped the hell out of washington...

10/12/2005 9:50:04 PM

some idiots in my section started yelling "Kolzig, Kolzig" right after he had been pulled

10/12/2005 9:59:16 PM

^yea, sec. 328, I presume? I turned around to correct them.

10/12/2005 10:06:33 PM

Tripp Tracy is comedic fucking gold, sometimes. This was one of those times.

Goddamn I love this team.

10/12/2005 10:06:34 PM

^i hope ur not referring to that thing they did with Jesse's haircut

10/12/2005 10:08:14 PM