Getty Images If you’ve ever wanted to see a team scramble like crazy because they were too slow in getting to a face off, tonight is your night. During the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers, the Panthers got a bit of a head start on their offense thanks to the linesman getting tired of waiting on the Penguins to take a face off.
The puck was dropped, the Panthers got a free head-start down the ice and with the Penguins scrambling to cover everyone and looking more like a Chinese fire drill gone wrong, Tomas Fleischmann scored a snapper of a goal past Marc-Andre Fleury thanks to Stephen Weiss‘ backhand pass. That’ll be in everyone’s “reasons to get to the face off circle on time” instructional video that doesn’t exist.
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- eyecorporations - Oct 12, 2011 at 12:36 AM
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I’m not going to be able to make it the entire season with this terrible NBC video player.
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- dowhatifeellike - Oct 12, 2011 at 8:05 AM
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I’m all for sticking it to the Penguins, but is the linesman allowed to do that?
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- sknut - Oct 12, 2011 at 10:32 AM
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I am guessing there is a rule in which you need to get in the face off in a timely manner. I would think that doesn’t happen very often but a strange play none the less. Credit the Panthers for taking advantage of it.
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- icelovinbrotha215 - Oct 12, 2011 at 12:22 PM
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I think it’s either 3 or 5 seconds.
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- jpelle82 - Oct 12, 2011 at 2:27 PM
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perfectly able to do that…i must say i was surprised last night to see one of them actually do it though
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