Question for all you referees

antbogey — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:29:25 -0000

I swear, I'm not a noob to the game of hockey (been watching the Hawks for almost 20 years now) but my wife asked me a question during the game that I just couldn't answer!

When penalties are called at the same time, how is it determined that play will resume at either 5v5 or 4v4? Does it have something to do with whether the penalties occurred before or after the play was dead? Does it depend on the type of penalties called?

First Thrashers Game!

antbogey — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:19:57 -0000

I spent my evening at Philips Arena tonight and it appears I couldn't have picked a better time to enter Blueland! What a game.. Since this was my first game, I was on the outside looking in on a few instances tonight and to help alleviate my ignorance, can some of you vets help me out?

1) During the anthem, what's the history behind shouting "NIGHT"? Something about the Atlanta Knights I assume? If so, isn't that a slight against the Thrashers? Why go to a Thrasher game and shout for a team that's long gone?

2) I heard the fans behind the TB goal chanting some kind of rehearsed group heckle that ended in "YOU SUCK!" but I couldn't make out anything preceding it.

3) On that "Unleash the Fury" video, what is that clip they play after Tom Green screams Unleash the Fury? Everybody was cheering so loud, I couldn't make that out either.

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Question for all you referees

First Thrashers Game!