1.   Anaheim had been dominating play before Teemu Selanne and Dominic Roussel were caught with illegal sticks just over a minute apart midway through the third period.

2.   ...Washington defenseman Sergie Gonchar was penalized two minutes for using an illegal stick in a game in which he already had scored two goals.

3.   After all, Healy said, a player with an illegal stick gets only a two-minute penalty.

4.   Carter was then called for an illegal stick.

5.   Goalie sticks have no curve limitations, so Roussel said there was no way Colorado coach Bob Hartley could detect an illegal stick from the bench.

6.   Jamie Huscroft was called for roughing and Roman Hamrlik for, of all things, having an illegal stick.

7.   Kovalchuk beat the Oilers shortly after he had taken a penalty for an illegal stick, one with the bigger European curve.

8.   McSorley had become such a valued member of the Kings, that none dared to single him out for the illegal stick call just a few days later.

9.   Maybe we cheated with the illegal sticks, but maybe they cheated in the way they checked our sticks.

10.   Marty was most known for the illegal stick and he was an important player on that hockey team in all regards.