Found January 22, 2012 on
Rangers Report:
PLAYERS:
John Tortorella,
Marian Gaborik,
Andrew Ference,
Ryan McDonagh,
Brendan Shanahan,
Henrik Lundqvist,
Brandon Prust,
Zdeno Chara,
Dan Girardi,
Carl Hagelin,
Ryan Callahan,
Brandon Dubinsky,
Gary Bettman,
Ed Snider,
Brad Richards,
Brian Boyle,
Michael Del Zotto
TEAMS: New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils
TEAMS: New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils
Hockey Gods.
John Tortorella referenced the Hockey Gods the one night this week, when Marian Gaborik was incorrectly called for a double-minor penalty when one opponent’s stick. and not Gaborik’s, hit the face of another opponent. And the Rangers, rightly, killed the penalties.
Tortorella said the Hockey Gods have a way of taking care of things like that.
So yesterday in Boston, a cretin named Andrew Ference nearly maimed Ryan McDonagh in overtime, and the Hockey Gods took care of the Rangers again. The Hockey Gods let the Rangers—who scored one power-play goal since Dec. 23 of 2011 (in 27 chances over 12 games)—score an overtime PPG with 3.6 seconds left to beat the Stanley Cup champions.
What a crying shame that a game like that, played the way hockey should be played, by teams that play the game aggressively and courageously, has to be remembered for a cowardly play by the worst player in the game.
Thoughts:
1) We’re going to see what kin...
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