TEAMS:
New York Rangers,
Montreal Canadiens
PLAYERS: Artem Anisimov, Michal Rozsival, Jaroslav Halak, Jaromir Jagr, Marian Gaborik, Ales Kotalik, Sean Avery, Dan Girardi, Henrik Lundqvist, Enver Lisin
PLAYERS: Artem Anisimov, Michal Rozsival, Jaroslav Halak, Jaromir Jagr, Marian Gaborik, Ales Kotalik, Sean Avery, Dan Girardi, Henrik Lundqvist, Enver Lisin
It’s been a slow week here at The Rivalry, due to Bryan having a new baby to take care of (poor excuse) and me having work and a marathon 24 session the other night (better excuse).
I wanted to write something Saturday night after the Rangers overtime loss to Montreal about how, even though they lost, there was still some good to take from the game. Mainly, I wanted to write about the good surrounding the goals they scored.
For example…
Rangers fan favorite Michal Rozsival had a nice shot on Jaroslav Halak moments before Artem Anisimov scored to make it 1-1. It was good to see Rozy shooting – I guess he finally realized there’s no Jaromir Jagr to pass to and he decided he better shoot. And Anisimov? That goal was beautiful – patient and surgeon-like in accuracy.
While Ales Kotalik had a great shot on his goal that made it 2-1 and Sean Avery had a nice pass from behind the net (which he does quite often), the real credit lies with Dan Girardi. If not for him quickly catching the puck from midair and passing it behind the net from the point, the puck would’ve been cleared and play would’ve gone down to Henrik Lundqvist’s side of the ice.
On the 3-1 goal, all 3 players who got points had excellent plays. Marian Gaborik fought off a defender and passed to Vinny Prospal, who saw danger coming and softly hit the puck off the boards to Matt Gilroy, who had an absolute bomb from the point. He also was patient and followed it up with a booming shot. Very good to see that.
Gaborik made it 4-2 on nice passes from Mike Del Zotto and Enver Lisin. In two quick, long passes, they sprung him for a breakaway, and of Continue reading The Good…
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