The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for April 15, 2021

I’ve played hockey. “Icing the puck” isn’t a penalty, but “icing the ginger bread man in the middle of play” is definitely delay of game, which is a penalty.

Come to think of, it could be “too many men on the ice”, also a penalty.

My parents were Canadian, my father was a hockey player but I grow up in Southern California and no one taught me what icing is…someone helpful explain it please…and no I don’t mean the kind the hockey player is doing in the strip today. Thank you

Well… it is hard as a puck!

The player committing the icing infraction is Ben Street. #36 on the NJ Devils.

I had to look up “icing” and was surprised to learn there are rules in hockey.

(Now that I think about it, I did know there is some rule about how to carry your war-club.)

“too many men on the ice”

So only gingerbread men without frosting are allowed in hockey?

He used PAM, so at least the gingerbread man isn’t high-sticking.

Hockey’s not for me but I admire the players and the stamina and toughness it requires. And totally understand those living “up north” going in for it. But, give me American football any day. RTR!

I was putting some frosting on my cookies and a hockey game broke out!

Who knew hockey was so anti-pastry!

Boy, this really FROSTS my COOKIES!

I grew up in Ohio, where we played proper Murcun sports, like football (but not futbol……); closest we came to hockey was smashing beer can & whacking it around on college lake without a clue what we were doing (but we were teenagers and we had beer, so it was OK). Married a Chicago girl. Both brothers-in-law played semi-pro, one making it so far as a pre-season game for the Blackhawks. Been in a family with these guys for nigh well on to 4 decades now – and I _still have no idea what the rules of hockey are. Perhaps this is why I find it more boring than futbol – or maybe cause and effect are the other way around.

Weird…he should be icing his own knee.

Number’s supposed to go on the back of the sweater. Looks like New Jersey Devil player with his sweater on backwards.

What is icing in hockey?

Yeah come on ref. I mean look what he did to the gingerbread man, laid him out flat.

Ironically, 36 lives down on Drury Lane.

LOL!!!!

The referee’s call left him frosted.

Frosting

To further pun-ify the cartoon: He could be putting the icing on a Shakespearean Robin Goodfellow… (Icing the Puck)

Why did they stop the leper hockey game?

There was a face off in the corner!

REALLY Stupid.