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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. Kerry, With just over a second left in the game, the L.A. Kings puck got behind Henrik Lundqvist. Derek Stepan got in, swatting the puck back under Lundqvist with his glove. How is that not a penalty shot??? Andrew Sullivan,London, ON Andrew: Your question relates to rule 67.4 - "If a defending player, except a goalkeeper, while play is in progress, falls on the puck, holds the puck, picks up the puck, or gathers the puck into his body or hands from the ice in the goal crease area, the play shall be stopped immediately and a penalty shot shall be awarded to the non-offending team." In the application and enforcement of this rule it important to note that a player (in this case Derek Stepan) is allowed to push the puck from within (video link) the goal crease with his glove so long as he does not cover the puck (*hand over top). Additionally, once the puck has been "pushed," it is allowed to legally pass with continuous motion beneath and beyond the body of Stepan. The puck was contacted twice by the glove hand of Stepan. The first time, to bat it forward from the goal line which caused the puck to deflect off Lundqvist and back toward the shin pad of Stepan who had assumed a position on both knees. The Ranger player then altered his body position away from the puck and swept it under the equipment of Lundqvist with the cuff of his left glove. At no time did Derek Stepan place his hand over the puck or cover it with his body. That is the reason Referee Wes McCauley did not award a penalty shot to the LA Kings but instead correctly ruled the play dead when the puck came to rest under the blocker of Henrik Lundqvist. The front view replay angle shown one time on NBC demonstrates the puck in continuous motion and at no time covered by Stepan. I cant say enough about the exceptional positioning that Referee McCauley demonstrated on this play. With Tanner Pearson and Marc Staal crashing near the ref along the goal line and outside the crease McCauley quickly blew past the fallen players to attack the net below the goal line. The referee almost stuck his nose into the netting behind the cage to clearly observe the entire proceedings on the puck. The focus, concentration and intensity demonstrated by referee Wes McCauley matched that of the players in this pressure packed moment. McCauley gave not a drop of sweat less than the game required of him. Drew Bledsoe Jersey . -- The Phoenix Coyotes have won three in a row for the first time in 4 1/2 months, and theyve done it just in time for the stretch run to the playoffs. Stephon Gilmore Patriots Jersey . Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel also accused Pistorius of tailoring his testimony to fit the evidence at the scene. Pistorius denied the accusations. 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Gasquet next plays third-seeded Jerzy Janowicz of Poland, who won had 18 aces in a 6-2, 6-4 win against seventh-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France.FOXBOUROUGH, Mass. - Vince Wilfork says the New England Patriots will have more on their minds Sunday than clinching their sixth straight AFC East title when they host the Miami Dolphins.For the majority of the time, weve been pretty successful around here doing it the right way, and it cant stop this week, the veteran nose tackle said Friday. Were going to have to continue to build, continue to play better football. The more football we play the better we have to get if we want to be a special team.And it starts this week against the division opponent — an opponent that beat us earlier this year. ... Hopefully well be ready to go.Way back in Week 1, the Patriots jumped to a 20-10 halftime lead at Miami, then went flat and allowed 23 unanswered points in the second half, losing 33-20.The Patriots, who have won eight of their last nine to shake off a 2-2 start, have not been swept by a division opponent since way back in 2000, Bill Belichicks first year as the coach. So, it has never happened to Tom Brady.Nor Wilfork, who downplayed the revenge angle.Its another game for us, he said. The important part is (this) being the next game and being a division opponent. They did beat us the first time around, but I dont think the first game will have anything to do with the second game. I think the team that executes well will walk out with a W.Still,, it would seem this game means a bit more than another divisional game.dddddddddddd Faces have changed on the teams since that opener, but the bulk of the Patriots room was there for the loss.Any time another team beats you, you just want to play better than you did the first time, defensive end Rob Ninkovich said earlier in the week. Its a different time now. Its a different part of the year.Running back LeGarrette Blount, who was just starting what turned out to be his brief stay in Pittsburgh on opening week, is very much a part of things now. He, too, downplayed the revenge factor.No. They just want to go out there and beat them. They just want to go out here and win. No matter what happened in the beginning of the season, they just want to go out here and win the game - and thats the mentality of everybody in the locker room right now.Having not played a lot in Pittsburgh, Blount is facing the stretch run fresher than most running backs at this time of year, something that shouldnt be unnoticed when the Patriots are about to face a Miami defence that is 22nd in the NFL against the run.I feel good. I feel real good, said Blount, who likes running in cold weather because he feel hes harder to tackle when its cold. Theres not as lot of running backs that feel at their best at this point in the season but I feel close to it. ' ' '