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I DONT KNOW BATH,, i think i'd rather root against the teams behind us
as long as its not a 3 point game
a friend of mine laid it out pretty concisely:
:cool:
since we are ahead of Islanders, I'd root for them to knock the Bolts aside. Then the Rangers are one point behind the Bolts, with a game in hand. A win against the Flyers, and we move to 6th place. :eek:
Lightning have 7 of 9 at home, so I'd like to see this home loss. :mad:
I can see the logic of rooting for the Bolts. If they win (in regulation) then the Isles lose one of the games they have in hand on the Rangers, and it keeps them out of contention.
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:cool:
since we are ahead of Islanders, I'd root for them to knock the Bolts aside. Then the Rangers are one point behind the Bolts, with a game in hand. A win against the Flyers, and we move to 6th place. :eek:
Lightning have 7 of 9 at home, so I'd like to see this home loss. :mad:
I can see the logic of rooting for the Bolts. If they win (in regulation) then the Isles lose one of the games they have in hand on the Rangers, and it keeps them out of contention.
yea either way ,, whoever loses it helps
again NO 3 POINT GAMES
but we play the sticks twice so it would be nice to have alittle cussion (ie 3 points or better)
plus sticks have 2 in hand ,, 1 after 2night
anyone going wednesday or to the other two home games?
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Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
especially with shanahan coming back, remaining home games are april 1 vs. toronto and april 5 vs. montreal.
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Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
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Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
especially with shanahan coming back, remaining home games are april 1 vs. toronto and april 5 vs. montreal.
that place is going to go nuts when he skates out there.
Wonder which of the farmhands will sit in his place.
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my guess would be dubinsky, it'd be hard to demote callahan at this point..
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Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
don't underestimate what betts and company did against those guys also.
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Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
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Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
thanks for the heads up X Man
who the hell is the guy they have on in the AM with Joe Benningno ?
I like the question about being interviewed from the bench on Versus ( the most horrible camerawork going)
oh yeah, i forgot to mention , ...
Sean Avery is the best trade the NYR have made in maybe 10 years.
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evan roberts, he was part of the overnight rotation before becoming benigno's partner.
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Shanny will most liekly play tom night- thats about it.
Oh, and Henrik would be vying for MVP of the league right now,
had he not had that awful beginning .
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Shanahan: I'll play Wednesday night
BY STEVE ZIPAY
Newsday Staff Writer
March 20, 2007, 1:03 PM EDT
After missing 15 games from a concussion suffered against the Flyers, Rangers winger Brendan Shanahan said after practice Tuesday that he would return against Philadelphia on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
"I can't do any more than I've done in practice," said Shanahan. "I've got the approval of the coaches and medical staff and I'm ready to go. I won't play the role I had when I left the lineup, at least not immediately."
On Feb. 17, he and Mike Kruble accidentally crashed into each other in a collision that left him unconscious for several moments and Knuble with broken facial bones. As Shanahan was wheeled off on a stretcher, fans chanted, "Shanny, Shanny."
On Tuesday, Shanahan said: "That's what woke me up, that's what brought me out of it. So I'm excited to be coming back at home. It'll be right up there with one of the more emotional nights of my career."
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Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
Rangers' Luck Holds Out
UPDATE: Dubinsky and Liffiton back to Hartford. Shanahan, Straka, and Weekes all practiced today -- Shanahan likely to play tomorrow, Straka not until Saturday. Hollweg and Rozsival given the day off to rest. Tyutin still two weeks away, Hossa three weeks away, Rachunek three to four weeks. For more, see Rangers Report and Blueshirts Blog.
Despite their 6-1-3 record in their last ten games going into last night's Garden match-up with the similarly streaking Penguins, the Rangers had the aura of a team experiencing recurring nightmares that kept them from doing even better and climbing up the standings to a comfortable playoff position. The slew of injuries, the blown leads, the deflections off sticks into their own net, the power play unplugged, the barrage of shots on goal yielding too few goals -- you know the litany. Only the near-perfect goaltending of Henrik Lundqvist was keeping them in the playoff hunt. But last night, luck broke the Rangers' way for a second straight game for the first time in forever.
Sure, the power play continued to misfire after its 4-for-7 aberration against Boston, going 0-for-5, the second unit now overpassing as much as the first unit. Sure, it took 83 shots (42 on goal, 38-16 after the first ten minutes) to get two goals. Sure, they squandered another third period lead, although it was only a one-goal lead this time. Indeed, with Pittsburgh's back-up goalie Jocelyn Thibault looking far too good in net, this game uncomfortable resembled the Rangers' overtime loss in Atlanta last Friday night, a game in which they outshot the Thrashers only 32-12 over the final 45 minutes but couldn't seal the deal on six power play chances against their backup netminder and ended up squandering a valuable point.
But the Rangers got the one lucky break they needed this time, the same lucky break Pittsburgh has gotten against them a couple of times this season (Sidney Crosby's deflection off Aaron Ward with three seconds left in a tie game back in October, the overtime goal off Marek Malik's stick last week). Jaromir Jagr's centering pass in the final minute was swept into the net for the game winning goal by a Penguin defenseman trying to block it. It was Jagr's first goal in nine games, on his 39th shot on goal during that span. "I thought we had tough luck in games we should easily win, we somehow lose it," he said. "I always believe as long as you work hard, the luck might change on your side. Tonight hopefully was a start."
Part of the Rangers' luck was catching the Penguins on the second night of back to back games, their third game in four nights, their fifth game in seven. They looked tired -- until they scored the equalizer late in the third period. Then they suddenly got their legs back. Tom Renney, who does not often match lines, tried something early that he wasn't sure would work, but did -- he played his fourth line, with Blair Betts between hitters Ryan Hollweg and Colton Orr, against Sidney Crosby, the league's top scorer. Not only did they stop Crosby, they scored a goal to boot, Betts deflecting a Dan Girardi shot past Thibault early in the third period -- it was Betts's third goal against the Penguins this season, out of his total of nine.
"Secret weapon," Renney quipped of the match-up. "I thought with his [Betts] experience in face-offs and maybe Ryan with his energy would keep people on their toes and Colton can probably do the same on the other side -- provided we didn't spend an awful lot of time in our own end. I came out of the coaches' room thinking I'm just going to roll through these lines and wear them out. After the first couple of shifts, I thought, 'Bettsy's line can pull this off.' So Crosby's line was the only match-up I was looking for." Betts said, "We stepped up big time. There have been a number of times in the last dozen games or so where the majority of our ice time has come against the other teams' top line. We don't try to do too much offensively -- we create our offense off forechecking. Our mindset is to play good defensively." Added Hollweg: "We were able to get a good forecheck going and make them come two hundred feet all the time. That was a huge bonus for us keeping them off the scoresheet tonight."
Game reports from the Daily News, Journal News, Newsday, Times, Post, Advance, AP, SNY, and Pittsburgh's Post-Gazette and Tribune-Review. Additional notes from the News, Newsday, and USA Today, mostly about the impending return of Brendan Shanahan and the lack of severity of Martin Straka's knee injury. Chris Simon will not be criminally charged for his stick attack on Hollweg, primarily because of Hollweg's desire not to press charges -- see the News, Newsday, Times, and Post. The Times also has an interesting look at shootouts -- particularly how great offensive players don't always do as well as unlikely shootout heroes.
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montreal wins over boston ( shocker there, huh ? :rolleyes: )
ward ties it up , bolts and isles tied at 3 13 : 50 left
isles being outshot 35-18 , 3rd period
i dont know why but i cannot find the NJ devils game on my shitty time warner cable
toronto up by 1 , 3rd period
lets go Isles [ in regulation )
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oh who am i kidding ,, ill never root for the sticks
actually, this is one team we dont really need to pull either way for ( or against )
alltho they sometimes make it interesting,
they somehow seem to consistantly bottom out ,
all on their own , for some time now .
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a friend of mine laid it out pretty concisely:
:cool:
since we are ahead of Islanders, I'd root for them to knock the Bolts aside. Then the Rangers are one point behind the Bolts, with a game in hand. A win against the Flyers, and we move to 6th place. :eek:
Lightning have 7 of 9 at home, so I'd like to see this home loss. :mad:
I can see the logic of rooting for the Bolts. If they win (in regulation) then the Isles lose one of the games they have in hand on the Rangers, and it keeps them out of contention.
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yea either way ,, whoever loses it helps
again NO 3 POINT GAMES
but we play the sticks twice so it would be nice to have alittle cussion (ie 3 points or better)
plus sticks have 2 in hand ,, 1 after 2night
somebody just win in regulation please
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Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
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MSG 2024, MSG 2024
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"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
i have to check my sched.. i think i have wed and 1 more
not sure ,,sched is at home
should be playoff atmosphere tom.
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Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
i think i have flyers and leafs
i saw the habs already,,so its def not them
that place is going to go nuts when he skates out there.
Wonder which of the farmhands will sit in his place.
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Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
i would think so
he laid out malkin twice,,it was great
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Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
awesome job
i must say i was a tad nervous w/ orr out there against them
but it was a terrific job
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Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
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Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
who the hell is the guy they have on in the AM with Joe Benningno ?
I like the question about being interviewed from the bench on Versus ( the most horrible camerawork going)
oh yeah, i forgot to mention , ...
Sean Avery is the best trade the NYR have made in maybe 10 years.
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Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
i get a kick out of Steve Somers
( " RRRRRRangers in 7 " )
they should bring him back in the daytime.
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injury updates???
not really too much.
Shanny will most liekly play tom night- thats about it.
Oh, and Henrik would be vying for MVP of the league right now,
had he not had that awful beginning .
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Shanahan: I'll play Wednesday night
BY STEVE ZIPAY
Newsday Staff Writer
March 20, 2007, 1:03 PM EDT
After missing 15 games from a concussion suffered against the Flyers, Rangers winger Brendan Shanahan said after practice Tuesday that he would return against Philadelphia on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
"I can't do any more than I've done in practice," said Shanahan. "I've got the approval of the coaches and medical staff and I'm ready to go. I won't play the role I had when I left the lineup, at least not immediately."
On Feb. 17, he and Mike Kruble accidentally crashed into each other in a collision that left him unconscious for several moments and Knuble with broken facial bones. As Shanahan was wheeled off on a stretcher, fans chanted, "Shanny, Shanny."
On Tuesday, Shanahan said: "That's what woke me up, that's what brought me out of it. So I'm excited to be coming back at home. It'll be right up there with one of the more emotional nights of my career."
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Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
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March 20, 2007
Rangers' Luck Holds Out
UPDATE: Dubinsky and Liffiton back to Hartford. Shanahan, Straka, and Weekes all practiced today -- Shanahan likely to play tomorrow, Straka not until Saturday. Hollweg and Rozsival given the day off to rest. Tyutin still two weeks away, Hossa three weeks away, Rachunek three to four weeks. For more, see Rangers Report and Blueshirts Blog.
Despite their 6-1-3 record in their last ten games going into last night's Garden match-up with the similarly streaking Penguins, the Rangers had the aura of a team experiencing recurring nightmares that kept them from doing even better and climbing up the standings to a comfortable playoff position. The slew of injuries, the blown leads, the deflections off sticks into their own net, the power play unplugged, the barrage of shots on goal yielding too few goals -- you know the litany. Only the near-perfect goaltending of Henrik Lundqvist was keeping them in the playoff hunt. But last night, luck broke the Rangers' way for a second straight game for the first time in forever.
Sure, the power play continued to misfire after its 4-for-7 aberration against Boston, going 0-for-5, the second unit now overpassing as much as the first unit. Sure, it took 83 shots (42 on goal, 38-16 after the first ten minutes) to get two goals. Sure, they squandered another third period lead, although it was only a one-goal lead this time. Indeed, with Pittsburgh's back-up goalie Jocelyn Thibault looking far too good in net, this game uncomfortable resembled the Rangers' overtime loss in Atlanta last Friday night, a game in which they outshot the Thrashers only 32-12 over the final 45 minutes but couldn't seal the deal on six power play chances against their backup netminder and ended up squandering a valuable point.
But the Rangers got the one lucky break they needed this time, the same lucky break Pittsburgh has gotten against them a couple of times this season (Sidney Crosby's deflection off Aaron Ward with three seconds left in a tie game back in October, the overtime goal off Marek Malik's stick last week). Jaromir Jagr's centering pass in the final minute was swept into the net for the game winning goal by a Penguin defenseman trying to block it. It was Jagr's first goal in nine games, on his 39th shot on goal during that span. "I thought we had tough luck in games we should easily win, we somehow lose it," he said. "I always believe as long as you work hard, the luck might change on your side. Tonight hopefully was a start."
Part of the Rangers' luck was catching the Penguins on the second night of back to back games, their third game in four nights, their fifth game in seven. They looked tired -- until they scored the equalizer late in the third period. Then they suddenly got their legs back. Tom Renney, who does not often match lines, tried something early that he wasn't sure would work, but did -- he played his fourth line, with Blair Betts between hitters Ryan Hollweg and Colton Orr, against Sidney Crosby, the league's top scorer. Not only did they stop Crosby, they scored a goal to boot, Betts deflecting a Dan Girardi shot past Thibault early in the third period -- it was Betts's third goal against the Penguins this season, out of his total of nine.
"Secret weapon," Renney quipped of the match-up. "I thought with his [Betts] experience in face-offs and maybe Ryan with his energy would keep people on their toes and Colton can probably do the same on the other side -- provided we didn't spend an awful lot of time in our own end. I came out of the coaches' room thinking I'm just going to roll through these lines and wear them out. After the first couple of shifts, I thought, 'Bettsy's line can pull this off.' So Crosby's line was the only match-up I was looking for." Betts said, "We stepped up big time. There have been a number of times in the last dozen games or so where the majority of our ice time has come against the other teams' top line. We don't try to do too much offensively -- we create our offense off forechecking. Our mindset is to play good defensively." Added Hollweg: "We were able to get a good forecheck going and make them come two hundred feet all the time. That was a huge bonus for us keeping them off the scoresheet tonight."
Game reports from the Daily News, Journal News, Newsday, Times, Post, Advance, AP, SNY, and Pittsburgh's Post-Gazette and Tribune-Review. Additional notes from the News, Newsday, and USA Today, mostly about the impending return of Brendan Shanahan and the lack of severity of Martin Straka's knee injury. Chris Simon will not be criminally charged for his stick attack on Hollweg, primarily because of Hollweg's desire not to press charges -- see the News, Newsday, Times, and Post. The Times also has an interesting look at shootouts -- particularly how great offensive players don't always do as well as unlikely shootout heroes.
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let's not get ahead of ourselves hail
one thing at a time
that will be awesome.
we can beat them Trashers, even with Tkachuk .
Let them 7 & 8s beat up them 1 & 2s .
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leafs 1-0 in 2nd
habs 0-0 end 2nd
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
ward ties it up , bolts and isles tied at 3 13 : 50 left
isles being outshot 35-18 , 3rd period
i dont know why but i cannot find the NJ devils game on my shitty time warner cable
toronto up by 1 , 3rd period
lets go Isles [ in regulation )
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isles loose in ot 4-3. theres your jerky 3 point game rangers fans
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
not a good night for us Blueshirts fans.
yet another 3 point game
and the leaves beat the devils.
figures
at least we're still in 7th .
gotta beat the flyboys tomorrow night with Shanny coming back.
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