New York Rangers winger Brennan Othmann was working to clear the puck out of the zone when his stick was knocked from his hands. Othmann grabbed the stick – now upside down – and cleared the puck with his knob.
This is a new one … Brennan Othmann’s stick flipped in his hands and he used the knob to clear the puck 🤯😅 pic.twitter.com/Sg677ccKCj
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) March 14, 2025
While it looked like Othmann may have been playing ringette out there, it was a perfectly legal hockey play.
There’s nothing in the NHL rulebook that restricts which part of the stick – or which end – may be used to play the puck.
Of course, stickhandling with your knob might be the trickiest option…
