Holy shit this is pretty funny. I was checking out the Islanders site to see if they were still crying and I found this from the second last game of the year when Buffalo played there. Looks like one of the players may have done something inappropriate. Razor???
Tuesday, April 10, 9:50 pm: Ice Girls Rule, Series No. 4 vs. the Sabres
ICE GIRLS RULE
The NHL today re-enforced to its teams the importance of smooth ice-clearing procedures during the TV timeouts. One couldn’t help but wonder if this was a result of last Tuesday’s Islanders-Rangers game at the Coliseum when things didn’t go so, uh, smoothly.
The NHL reiterated the following:
Ice crews must proceed directly to the areas they are responsible for clearing. In other words, no double-axels on the way to Ryan Miller’s goal
Ice crew members should not communicate with players and fans
There should be no direct or indirect physical contact between players and crew members
Players are not to leave the bench are during the timeout
Goaltenders MUST vacate the crease and skaters MUST leave room at the bench areas for the snow to be cleared
On-Ice Officials will enforce the mandates and teams are subject to discipline if they break the rules.