“An unsportsmanlike conduct minor penalty will be interpreted and applied, effective immediately, to a situation when an offensive player positions himself facing the opposition goaltender and engages in actions such as waving his arms or stick in front of the goaltender’s face, for the purpose of improperly interfering with and/or distracting the goaltender as opposed to positioning himself to try to make a play,” Colin Campbell, the NHL director of hockey operations said in a statement. sportsnet

Haha. Seems like a silly rule right? Who would do that? Well…

The fact that they had to make a rule because of this guy shoot him up a few notches in my book and proves Rangers == Awesome. A role model to kids across the country. No clowns at my next birthday party, I’m going to bring a Sean Avery.

Anyway, these antics went on throughout the series. Definitely very entertaining to watch. The Devils goalie, Martin Brodeur was so pissed by the end of the series that he refused to shake Sean Avery’s hand (video).

And how did Avery respond?

“Everybody talks about how unclassy I am, and fatso over there forgot to shake my hand”.

Fantastic.