
Player Category - drink when:
- Sidney Crosby snaps his head back to try to draw a call.
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Ryan Miller makes a save look harder than it is.
- Mike Sillinger loses a faceoff or Robert Lang wins one.
- Dion Phaneuf rips a one-timer wide of the net.
- Colby Armstrong tries to take someone's head off (drink three times if he succeeds in doing so).
- Any Nashville Predator takes a diving penalty.
- Alexei Yashin gets a shift.
- You find yourself cursing Sean Avery.
- Mike Modano does something - anything.
- You find yourself dozing off during a Canucks/Stars game... and not because it's a late game.
- A player's stick breaks doing something that shouldn't break a stick that costs that much money.
- You can hear Ron Wilson whistle for a line change.
- Bryan Murray looks like someone kicked his dog.
- When Bob Hartley- oh... nevermind.
- Bryan Murray looks like he's ready to kick someone else's dog.
- John Tortorella smiles sarcastically.
- You can see Barry Trotz's neck (this rule is here so mormons can play along and follow only this rule).
- Lou Lamoriello fires someone (finish your drink if/when he fires himself).
- Jim Playfair is out-coached.
Television Category - drink when:
- "Let's go, girls!" ad runs on Versus.
- Joe Benanati Sub-Category - drink when Joe B.:
- Notes a player's national origin or at which U.S. college he played.
- Uses either the phrase "full and even strength" or "a man to the good."
- Tells the viewers how much time "separates us from our [corporate sponsor] NHL on Versus intermission report."
- Says "soccer styles it" rather than "kicks it."
- Announcer uses the word "brink" or "stranglehold" (drink twice if not in a Game 4 setting).
- There's an awkward moment in the Versus/NBC studio and it's totally Bill Clement's fault.
- Announcer mentions how far apart, time-wise, Daniel and Henrik Sedin were born.
- Impossibly young player's impossibly bad facial hair is shown on TV.
- Announcer mentions what a winner Chris Drury is (drink twice if the words "Trumbull" and "Connecticut" are mentioned).
- Drink nothing when Brian Engblom hedges on a prediction. We're all for having a good time, but no need to send anyone to the hospital.
- Brett Hull looks like he's been eating well since retiring, doesn't he? Not a rule, just an observation.
- Announcer mentions any of the following players as trying to shed a certain reputation (drink four times if the word "choker" is used): Marty Turco, Pavel Datsyuk, Daniel Alfredsson, Joe Thornton.