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Got a question on rule clarification, comments on rule enforcements or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry wants to answer your emails at cmonref@tsn.ca! Hey Kerry, Love your insight! So Im sitting here enjoying the last minutes of the L.A./San Jose Game 7. So why is the play not blown dead anymore if the puck gets frozen against the boards and a scrum cant dislodge the puck? I remember in the past it seemed that if you froze the puck on the boards and it cant/doesnt come free the play would be blown dead. I just watched a five-player scrum (with 5:30 left in third) and the puck was clearly frozen - yet no whistle. Why not? Thanks,John A. Baluta John: I present two philosophies that go hand in hand and can best be achieved when play is forced to continue. i) The game is most exciting and appealing when there are long periods of sustained action; ii) A Referees best friend is a moving puck. The first premise is pretty much a given. Everyone (players, coaches, play-by-play commentators, and fans) really gets into the game when flow and go is the order of business. Game tempo increases and players usually give and receive hits without retaliation as they are forced to keep up with the speed and sustained action. I would often witness the positive benefits and enhanced entertainment value that resulted from continuous play generated through three plus minutes of action without a whistle. It wasnt just by accident as I forced play to continue whenever I could. Even in tight checking games I found that play generally opened when frequent changes on the fly had to be implemented by the teams. The rapid rotation of playing personnel over the boards forced everyone to remain focused and in the game. It was also my experience that, as player hostilities intensified, the crap happened after the whistle blew. Scrums and fights can easily become a byproduct of a stoppage in play. Many times I witnessed a scrum in progress only to be disbanded when no whistle resulted and the players were forced to rejoin the action. A player (or players) from the defending team is generally guilty of trying to stop play by freezing the puck. This attempt is frequently done to relieve the pressure, to gain a line change at the end of a long shift, during a penalty kill or if he finds him team in a vulnerable position. We dont allow a player to dump the puck over the boards or fall on or gather the puck into his body to gain a stoppage in play. This action would result in a delay of game penalty. Why then would we allow one player to deliberately attempt to stop play by freezing the puck? To add to the good judgment the Officials utilized last night to force play to continue is the fact that one player, Andrew Desjardins of the Sharks attempted to freeze the puck in the neutral zone directly in front of the LA Kings players bench. The Kings players were trying to dig the puck loose and keep play moving. As more players joined the scrum, should the whistle have been blown a confrontation between players on the ice and those on the bench was a possibility. No player(s) were in a position to charge in from a distance so the Refs wisely forced play to continue. This is the real-time action on the play you reference: 5:54 - Sharks Andrew Desjardins holds puck against the boards in front of the LA Kings bench and with the linesman sitting on the boards directly in front of Desjardins outside the Kings blue line. Colin Fraser immediately seals Desjardins with contact from behind. Four LA Kings are seen standing up on the bench close to Desjardins and the action. 5:51 - Logan Couture supports Desjardins attempt to freeze the puck or advance it into the Kings zone if it became available from the San Jose end position. 5:49 - Kings Dustin Penner joins the puck battle on Couture from the left while Tyler Toffoli attempts to move Desjardins off the puck from the right side. This is where the bulk of the scrum takes place with Sharks attempting to gain a stoppage and the Kings trying to keep play moving by bumping Desjardins and his stick off the puck. 5:43 - The puck becomes exposed and Tyler Toffoli gains the red line and shoots the puck into the Sharks end zone. 5:12 - Play continues with a Shark rush and attack until the Kings are guilty of icing the puck. Off the ensuing end zone face-off Joe Pavelski had a golden scoring opportunity to tie the game but failed to elevate the puck over the outstretched glove of Jonathan Quick. 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Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee at Portland in November and was ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls. Scarpe Air Max Thea Scontate . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. RALEIGH, N.C. -- Miami didnt back away from its ground game, even as it went nowhere against one of the nations top run defenses through Saturdays first half.Eventually, coach Mark Richt figured, the Hurricanes would break a few runs.Mark Walton responded by running for three second-half touchdowns, turning in a huge performance to help the Hurricanes beat North Carolina State 27-13.Walton ran 120 yards for the Hurricanes (7-4, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) to crack the 1,000-yard mark on the season. The last of that production came when he bounced off two tacklers and sprinted free for the 24-yard clinching score with 2:06 left.The line did a great job for me, coach was trusting in me, Walton said. The first half, it didnt go so well for our running game. The second half we came out and we ran the ball well.Indeed. Walton ran for 102 yards after halftime, including a 30-yard score as one of two third-quarter touchdowns against a run defense ranked fourth in the Bowl Subdivision and tops in the ACC by holding opponents to 99.4 yards per game.Those two TDs broke a 3-3 halftime tie to put the Wolfpack (5-6, 2-5) in catch-up mode.Sometimes youve got to chip away -- youve got to chip away and eventually something will break, Richt said. And youve got to stay patient running the ball. You cant just avoid the running game completely and chuck it every down. Its not healthy for anybody.Matt Dayes ran for 76 yards and a touchdown to become N.C. States first 1,000-yard rusher since 2002. But the Wolfpack committed just too many mistakes to make comeback, including an end-zone interception thrown by Ryan Finley, a penalty negating a fourth-quarter TD run by Dayes and BraLon Cherrys fumbled punt return -- all in the second half.Finally, cornerback Jack Tocho committed a pass-interference penalty on third down with 2:56 left, giving Miami a first down and setting up Waltons clinching run.We didnt make enough plays when we needed to, Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said. It was a hard-fought first half but we just didnt play well enough to win.BIGG PICTUREMIAMI: A week after securing bowl eligibility for the ninth straight season, the Hurricanes closed the regular season at 4-2 on the road after managing a combined three road wins over the past two seasons -- another positive sign in Richts first year.ddddddddddddN.C. STATE: This game just about summed up the Wolfpacks season full of missed opportunities as N.C. State tried to become bowl eligible for the third straight year, falling right in line with a dropped late interception to potentially seal a win against Florida State and a missed short field goal to upset Clemson on the road.Its tough right now because theres a lot of mistakes made out on the field and a lot of missed opportunities, Dayes said. Thats why it hurts so bad.MILESTONESIn addition to Dayes and Walton reaching 1,000 yards on the season, Miami receiver Ahmmon Richards broke the Hurricanes single-season freshman receiving record (840 yards) set by program great Michael Irvin in 1985. He finished with nine catches for 117 yards.UP NEXTMIAMI: The Hurricanes close the regular season at home against Duke, a year after beating the Blue Devils on an eight-lateral, final-play kickoff return that officials later determined shouldnt have counted in a controversial finish.Hopefully we wont get to that point next week, said Walton, who was on the field during that final return. Were not trying to get to that moment again. ... I dont want to revisit that play.N.C. STATE: N.C. State closes the regular season with a trip to rival North Carolina for a Friday afternoon matchup over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in a final shot to go to a bowl. The Wolfpack won the last visit there, a 35-7 romp in 2014.Weve still got one more game left, safety Josh Jones said. Its not too late.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap---More AP college football at http://collegefootball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '