21.   Corbet was checked hard into the boards by Aaron Ward, even though the whistle had blown a second before.

22.   Digging for a rebound, he put a puck past Thibault in the second period, but the goal was nullified because the whistle had blown.

23.   Every time the whistle blew, the big man at the end of the line would have to sprint to catch the speedier guard at the front.

24.   Every few hours three whistles blow.

25.   Five times, he said, he had to sprint out when the whistle blew and everyone thought something else was coming down.

26.   He followed his shot to the net and poked the rebound past Craig Billington when no whistle blew as the goalie tried to glove the puck.

27.   He paused as a train whistle blew in the background.

28.   He was not out when my whistle blew.

29.   Hear that lonesome whistle blow.

30.   His shot fell, and then the whistle blew, piercing the Clippers in the heart.