Whistle blows, the play stops and like clockwork here it comes next to the net:  sticks getting hacked at the glove, the blocker or the pads.  Early on in his career, Strom was sort of a hot-head when it came to this.  When the whistle blows, play STOPS.  No questions, but there have always been one or two on every team that he faces that just don't know when to quit.  Early in his career he would usually shout over to the ref to try and have him do something about it.  Sometimes the ref would go speak up to the other bench, or to the player in question...though the majority of the time he would be told "Its part of the game, deal with it."

Now that he's far more seasoned in the leagues, he lets players come at him and continue hacking after the whistle.  He's gotten the last laugh on more than one occasion now as, if the opportunity presents itself he will reach up with his blocker hand and either try to untie the skate laces of a player who's close enough and hacking away...or he'll grab the top of the skate ever so quickly and give it a clean jerk.  Both situations usually cause the offending player to fall on their rear and get ribbed by all of the other skaters on the ice.