Opening night at MSG
John Tortorella thought there might be some confusion on the way he wants the Rangers to play, when he heard one of his unnamed players say on TV that it was run-and-gun.
“This isn’t run-and-gun,” he said. “This is pressure defense, pressuring the puck, defense first with support, allowing us to be aggressive. It’s not run-and-gun. These are the things we have to curb and make our team understand, because we gave up too many odd-man rushes. Some was due to that. Some was due to us just blowing up with the puck, losing the puck.
“It’s not run-and-gun. There is some defensive responsibility, and you have to play defense in this league if you’re going to win.”
On playing a 19-year-old defenseman, Mike Del Zotto: “Patience. Patience. It’s a very important thing. Michael’s going to be a very good player. We’re going to have some bumps with him, but he’s going to be a very good player.”
Tortorella said that Sean Avery will not play tonight, and that Henrik Lundqvist will be in goal again. No lineup changes because there are no other healthy bodies around. Nothing new on trying to find a seventh defenseman.
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The opening-night ceremony, which starts shortly after 7 p.m., should be relatively quick, with the puck drop scheduled for about 7:15 p.m (including time for two John Amirante anthems). Got a couple of tips: I don’t think the whole lineup is going to be introduced. Coldplay’s Viva La Vida will be playing when they hit the ice, or during a video presentation. Blue Man Group is going to be involved, live, somehow.
If there aren’t two players wearing the “A” tonight, then I’m going to go ahead and assume the second alternate captain will be Avery when he returns.
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Again, here are the pregame notes for tonight’s game.
Don’t know if I mentioned this earlier in the week, the Nov. 14 game at Ottawa has been changed from a 7 p.m. start to 2 p.m., on MSG Network. In case you’re making that easy trip to Kanata, Ont.
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Long time reader-first time posting. I have been a Rangers fan all my life. My dad and I try go get to a game once a year. I so wish I was going to the home opener tonight!! The team looked good last night, but needs a little bit of work. They will be fine after they get a few games under their belt. Much look much better than last year. I was impressed DelZotto’s interview after the game. He seemed very composed for his age. Anyway, LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!! Get us a win tonight!!! I’ll be watching from home screaming and yelling when I need to!
2nd!!
I like Coldplay, but Viva La Vida ???? C’mon, are you serious ? We’re gonna look like a bunch of pussies.
Come out to Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold” for the love of god.
It sucks that Aves is out of the lineup again. Crappy start to the season, 0-1, no Aves. And Rozi is still here. Hopefully we make it 1-1, Aves plays the next game, and Rozi just realizes he’d rather play for the Czech Curling team instead of hockey.
Go Rangers, get the fuggin win !
And how aboot the Avs ?? 2-0, both wins against arguable two top five teams in the NHL. That’s pretty crazy. And that Duschene kid is pretty damn good, no wonder why people thought he could have gone number 1. They don’t look as bad as i thought they would.
We’re gonna give Ottawa a good old -fashioned ass-shippin tonight. Look for Brashear to win the crowd over!
Dopplerbob October 3rd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Oh well looks like Avery will not play tonight.
Just got back from the Yale football game after meeting many Yale hockey players. They are all rooting for our man Higgins who of course played for Yale.
Great group of guys.
Lets go Rangers!!!!!!!!!!
Good to hear from you Carp…
Great job here as always
...uh…make that ass-whippin
Lets go Rangers! Cya at Blarney. I’ll be able to afford tickets some day.
Eighth!
Duker, in case you don’t see the comment I left in the prior post, I’ve got Center Ice and the it’s on GAME4 tonight. Of course the freaking ISLANDERS are in HD.. I’m sure only because they’re playing the Pens. :P
Rangers are 61-26-17 with Avery in the lineup
and about .500 without him
Stow, thanks.
When I check Channel 4 it doesn’t list the Rangers/Ottawa game. It says MLB Extra Innings the entire night.
I’m calling Comcast now to make sure I get the game.
just got here
lots of gilroy jerseys in my section
sec. 233
Is there anybody alive out there!!....Man, I love this blog, you all crack me up.
For those who asked, Bruce was amazing as usual. If you can grab a ticket, I highly recommend it. I’ll be there again for the last last stand on Friday.
TR….we gotta set a Warren date on a game night when you’re not at MSG.
I hope for a win tonight cause I always hate a loss at home opener.
I won’t be on here pre-dawn like last night (boy oh boy, did I sleep in today, even missed class with Diane and seeing Spike) but let’s see if you all can break the comments number….the goal is more than 451 (my last comment doesn’t count)....LGR!!!
with hockeystreams I dont get to see any pre-game stuff darn it.
Whopper, that link from the previous post was outstanding!!!
Here’s hoping we hockeystreamers are getting the MSG feed. If not I might have to upgrade tonight and I really need the money for the concert tomorrow!
Ready for some winning Rangers hockey kids!!!
tomb,
that’s something i wish center ice had, as well. no pre/post game stuff to watch, which is unfortunate.
You’re not funny, Carp. They’re not coming out to Cold Play
where are y’all?
woooooooooooooo lets get going! damn, only 10 to 6 here grrr
Everyone must be at the game tonight.
JB, book it.
except for me, you and st0w chuck!
So many matches to watch tonight! Ah yes, hockey finally, the ONLY reason I tolerate the winter.
HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ohman, Ranger killer kovie!!!
props to hockey streams givin us the pregame ceremonies!!!!!!!
1st win tonite!
Whooohoooo GAMETIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let’s do it boys !!!! SATURDAY!!!! SATURDAY!!!!!! GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um.
This is already much better than that crap opener Pittsburgh put on.. and I’m not even a big fan of Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group?
Are you kidding me??
These guys rock. But I hope one of them slips on the ice.
this is crazy!! and i was just thinking that too st0w!!
i want hockey not this Blue man… Intorduce the players and drop the puck. LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!
JB … told ya.
hahahah Coldplay! Gross!
JB, never doubt the blogfather….
Blue Man Group is awesome! You youngsters should try something different once in a while. Enough of that hip-hop and Green Day crap.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carp – I was thinking the exact same thing
aw damn i HATE they are not doing individual intros
Here we go guys!!
Blue Man Group was great!
wtf? No individual player intros? WEAK
Hello everybody! LETS GET IT OOOOOOOOON etc.
Delzotto and Gilroy make our team alot more exciting. Gotta love youth!!
Our Captain almost kept the puck.
Wonder how much those blue guys got paid for that.
They should have not had the Blue Man Group and instead did the individual intros…
Amirante!! NOW ITS HOCKEY SEASON
No individual intros because they’re afraid a certain three players would get booed.
hahah… my cat just let out a loud meow in perfect time with John Amirante. Guess he’s happy it’s hockey @ MSG time
thats awesome jbytes
Star spangled bannerrr…
Ah! Good things are in the air. The Coast Guard Color Guard at tonights game, stationed at my birth place. Good omens ;-)
Amirante is a badass.
This game is gonna be EXPLOSIVE!!! Time to shine and run this Ottawa team back into the ground!!
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!
omg, every home opener gives me tears!!! MSG always does it right
and dubi wins a face off!!!
Hey, maybe they’ll do a player intro after a win tonight?
Cally’s a wrecking ball already tonight!! I LOVE HIM
Anyone other than me worried that John Amorante was’t going to make it all the way through oh Canada? Blue man group is a distraction – let’s play some hockey!!!!
Gee, good to see Girardi pick up where he left off last night.
How did Voros make this team?
Rosival looks like he is trying to get traded/waived
Redden looks better than last year for sure
lmao, i thought he was gonna pass out during ‘land of the frrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’...he was quivering there ;-)
anyone here??
Uhm…. MDZ said he’s always laughing and smiling…. and he said that with about as non-smiling a face as he could probably make
so THERE’S our individual introductions!!! MDZ BABY!!
MDZ kinda looked like a doofus in his introduction.. but I’ll pass judgement until we get to see a better idea of his hockey playing.. :D
st0w, which feed do you have on hockeystreams, the hq or the hd??
Hank looks sharp!
Ok, seriously, Lisin looked like he could barely be bothered to go after that puck. Where’s the effort, man?
Holy crap if not for Hank this season start woul be ugly…...Henreeeek!
Linda – I’m watching SD on Center Ice
he’ll be held accountable for that
The CHASE sign isn’t as bad as the Subway one.
Let’s go Rangers!!!!!!!
Fire Sather.
PP coming up…
ah ok st0w.
power play….hopefully better than last night~
hey linda and St0w what sites do you guys use to watch the games
can’t stick around for the entire game
but just want to chime in with a good luck to everyone
and
GO RANGERS!!!!!
hey jpg!!!
yan, i use hockeystreams.com
Lot of chances there.
Trying to flip to the Devil game. Where the hell is it on DTV??
omg! that was crazy!
Nice play by Higgins there
Oh, MAN! One of those has GOT to go in sooner or later
DCloutier39,
636
i have a feeling the pucks are gonna start going in on the pp soon! good chances!
Carp,
what up! Over to your right in sect 33
Jeez! Hit the net, dammit!
my boy is scoring tonight!~ GOOOOO CALLY!!!!!!!!
Uhmn…. Higgins needs to sit down.
nice giveaway on his part there st0w
4 minutes of power play, you have to score
kotalik cant hit the net if his life depended on it. idk. pp looks good but they gotta start burying these chances. were gonna have a scoring problem again this year im afraid.
i’d love to see dubi knock that jackass out
ok here comes the first power play goal boys!!!!
gotta get 1 here or ottawas gonna build confidence here. get one boys cmon
Yeah Mike, seriously. Lots of chances, but still nothing in the net after five minutes of PP.
This is ridiculous. Someone find the net.
So, these pros can’t hit the net?
omg this is nuts!! PUT IT IN THE FREAKIN NET
Leclaire is having an unbelievable game though. Ruutuu needs to get an up close view of the boards and glass.
Ok, so, the power play looks a lot better than last year. But after spending one-third of the period on it, something should have gone in by now. How many of those freaking shots went wide?
wow blown oppurtunities. this will come back to haunt us later.
prospal should have 3 or 4 goals by now…damnit
Redden is hurt- is it broken?
finally, drury earned some of his salary
Redden’s hurt…Yes..i mean uhhhh..damn.
oh shiiiiiiteee redden does NOT look good there
I don’t think they are even in the neighborhood of the net, sheesh.
Redden could have been dying, you think they’d stop play.
What happened with redden?
Thanks Chuck. I tried it before. All I get is a dtv symbol. Ugh I guess I gotta call durin the intermission
exactly krispy!!!!!!! he was on the ice and they just kept going with no whistle. odd
Yeah that pissed me off Linda. Who knew if that was a bad injury or not?
shooting accuracy wasnt practiced lately. also, great saves by leclaire. hes a good goalie. hank has been great too. i see prospal, kotalik and duby missing the net bigtime. should be up 2-0 right now.
They don’t stop play if the other team is in control of the puck. They get one period of grace for shaking off their nerves, but from now on there is no excuse for not scoring with six minutes of PP.
Jason, What up?
I think this power play is going to be pretty good. Nice not to have R&R on the points.
the rangers have to get possession first before they blow the whistle
The injured player’s team needs to gain possession of the puck to call a play dead. That caused a controversy with Kovalev against Quebec a number of years ago.
Let me get this straight, the NHL is looking to attract fans & build their fan base.
So… millions of NHL fans can’t watch their weekly headliner games on Versus, AND for the second straight season, games emanating from the NY market (Rangers, Isles, Devils & Sabres) are BLACKED OUT of HD coverage on the Center Ice package.
BRILLIANT!
Messier on during the intermission- the bald headed fart..Only thing worse would be Keenan.
Redden lost an eye-why couldn’t it be Rozival
Joe- yeah, it sucks, I’m in Western NY and I get blacked out of Rangers every time Buffalo plays at home. Center Ice isn’t getting any of my moolah…
Someone correct me if I’m wrong. The powerplay still can’t score. Everyone here is cheering it, but what are they now, 0-7? Hooray! Lower success rate than last year!
I know it’s still early and it has had some good chances but cmon. Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Del zotto has not looked good tonight.
Any word on reddens injury?
Damn!!!!! It’s Messier AND Keenan!! Lord, Save me!!!!!
At the game. Lisin is effin fast! Good pressure by them & Even though they haven’t scored on the pp it still looks alot better than last years!
olga, you’ll be dreaming of that tonight for sure!
...Gaborik is on the ice all the time, shoots alot , he is all over the place. Kinda sounds like Ovechkin …hmmm. The season is gonna be quite interesting.
Mess getting all Fa-Clempt
MAKO,have a hot dog!
NY Rangers- making opposition goalies look good since 2001.
HENRIK!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice save!
Surprise surprise, six minutes of penalty killing has energized the Senators
holy crap what a break by that dude and a great save by Hanks
Girardi will be lucky if he sees that 4 minutes of ice in the 2nd period after that.
Gilroy’s gotta trust that Redden will back him up….that could be scary!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! PROSPAL!!! BEEN WANTING TO HEAR THIS SONG ALL DAY!!
Finally!!! Nice shot Vinny!!!
AAAAAHHHHH!!!! PROSPAL!!!!
VINNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prospal caught the corner!!!!! 1-0 NY
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo FANKIST!!!
What a goal!
Now let’s end the age-old Rangers tradition of letting in an easy one after we score
Someone smack Kovalov!!! Freakin Troll Boy.
Cheechoo.
It’s a sneeze and a blessing all in one word.
lmao olga…he’s hot though
staal looked like he was shot there. lets go guys kill it
the ass kissing that MSG does for the other teams the rangers play is getting old
damnit where’s sally! boyle is huuuuuuuuge lmao
HEN-RIK! HEN-RIK!
HEN-RIK HEN-RIK
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank God for Hank
I just put the game on the radio. Anybody know who’s doing the game? It’s not Kenny and Dave.
who was maloney saying looks like they should be a peewee tourney?
HEADLINE NEWS!
Lundqvist sues Rangers for non-support!
Another nice save.
It’s Stemmer and somebody else.
Linda, no kidding….
Loved the look on Vinny’s face…nothing like getting your first goal on a team!
the 19 year old on the Sens Salty. I guess MDZ’s 19 looks older than his lmao
Ah, Darien, CT that’s where I’m moving to. Maybe my future kid will get to play at MSG.
hey Laurel!!! hows Lula
DUBI!!!
DUBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DUBIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dubiiiiii!
*DROPPING WHITE CASTLES ALL OVER MY LIVING ROOM!!
Don LaGreca is doing the radio.
Dubi Dubi Scores!
Brandon Dubinsky!
The puck goes insky!
Princess Dubi!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOSE PICKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
guess they should continue to shoot high on Leclaire :P
PUCK DROPS,
Dave is between the benches for the MSG broadcast. Maybe Kenny has a football game to call tomorrow?
nice freakin goal dubi!!!!! wooo hooo baby!!
YEAH DUBI!
Darien, CT, by the way … home of Huge Jessiman.
Way 2 Go DUBINSKY!!!
Linda, she’s great, thanks. won’t see her til holidays but have new pics. will post soon on FB…
Thanks Carp. Who’s he?????
three stooges face wash!!!! a whole lotta nothing going on there. Would love to see SOMEONE level neil
Dane Cook isn’t funny.
Oh yeah, I can see why baseball is so popular. It’s so much more exciting than hockey.
Linda already did baaaabbbbaaayy!!! Hahahahahah
DUBINSKY!!!!!!!!!
Darien, CT, by the way … home of Huge Jessiman.
I think Sather is a Huge Yessman….
Chuck, you took the thought right outta my head!!
LaGreca has a radio show with Micheal Kay on 1050AM and does NHL Live on Sirrius. He’s also a huge devils fan and a tool.
LaGreca is an ESPN radio guy, does Michael Kay’s show as a sidekick, does a Jets pre and postgame, used to do NHL radio, used to be a big Devils guy.
how is that not a 5min major
Doh, I might have to sell my house there then.
you go MAKO, you hot dog lover you!!
hey now, dont you be messin with the Callahan!!
where’s ORR tonight???
LaGreca must be LOCAL FAN! LMAO
Nice job Detective PUCK DROPS
good one Puck!!
i swear if he stays healthy Gabbys gonna get close to 50. So many chances, they’re gonna start going in!
I wonder how long before Girardi gets benched.
Alfie came out of nowhere
Ottawa makes it a game again…
what happened to the shooting high on this guy??
aww crap
Where was the coverage?
Where the hell was Gilroy’s partner?
That was all because Drury couldn’t hit the net from 10 feet out.
the puck loves prospal, it seems that every time he’s on the ice he gets a shot
OK, so to get this settled from pre-season, we now know it’s Gab-ar-ick, not Gab-or-ick. I still like Gabby!! What a night so far…
Rangers looked AWFUL on that goal.
I love Brashear..he fights Godard yesterday for no reason, and now that Ruutu’s running at people he’s not fighting him. STOP BEING A PUSSBAG and KNOW WHEN TO FIGHT!
Ottawa is out shooting the Rangers? How is that possible with the amount of PPs they have.
We must get another one real quick.
Alfredsson looked like he was in a shootout, he was sooooo wide open.
It looks like Drury hyper extended his knee
C’mon guys, the dreaded s—-out word would be too much to expect. Second game….have faith.
Plus you just know the Kovalev goal is coming.
Right. Kovalev always has a great game against us.
Wait til Aves gets back!!
yea Rick, freakin Ranger killah Kovie…it’s gonna happen
MDZ!!!
DEL ZOTTTTTOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
DZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAAHHHH!!!! MDZ BABY!!!!
DEL ZOTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ZOT!!!!!!!!!!! Goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MDZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MDZ!!! cw…yay, our man!
This screened shot brought to you by Ryan “A” Callahan.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
DZ!!
So that’s what it looks like when a defenseman isn’t afraid to shoot the puck
Sather deserves a box of cubans.
Mike Sullivan > Perry Pearn
I absofreakinlutely LOVE Ryan Callahan!!!
MDZ is gonna be a rock star here. I hope they keep him.
Laurel, we have to add MDZ to the Laurel-Sally-Linda shrine!!
FLUKEY GOAL!!!!!!!???? Alfreddson you idiot , Delzotto hit top corner on a small goalie..he will score that everytime Danial you moron!!!! To call Delzootos goal a fluke is another classless move by Alfredsson the dweeb.
For Linda
http://www.hotdogshops.com/images/cal.jpg
knock knock…
WOW.
This was an awful period. Thank you Henrik.
lmao Banj,that’s great!!!! Mako’s gonna love that!!!
Matt Gilroy takin responsibility for the Sens goal, and then just sayin to go for the win. I love our young guys!
MAKO likes callahans too? :P
Sather deserves a box of cubans.
Send him to Cuba… in a box.
knock knock…
Who’s there?
Yeah Linda.. He’s gonna be great before long
sather deserves a box of cubans? why? did he score that third goal?
I think it calls for a Sally photoshop.
knock knock…
its me… first win of the season!
CCCP 245th!!! YEA BABY~!
Banj,just gave props to you on my facebook for that picture!!! awesome on so many levels!
Olga Folkyerself October 3rd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Sather deserves a box of cubans.
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Isn’t that called smuggling? I think Castro would kill you if he found out you were illegally stealing his people..
genetic mishap butch goring, should be on the pens telecast for that team of frankensteins.
OMG this center ice commercial is about to piss me off beyong mortal belief! This easily has to be the 15th times its been on so far!!
Tom Renney’s on twitter:
http://twitter.com/niceguytom
lmao Matt K!!!!!!!!!
I’m honored.
hey local fan flyers 3 newark 0
omg Chuck that’s as hilarious as generalissimo!!!
you guys seriously have me cracking up! My fiancee is tryin to do physics homework and he’s laughin at me cuz i’m laughing so hard!!
Andrew Gross on the radio betw periods. He thought last night’s game had some good stuff in it for Rangers. he doesn’t expect them to protect the lead in the 3rd but to try to jump even further ahead.
even though we’re ignoring local fan, should we just refer to it as LaGreca from now on???
Ok, 3rd period of the 2nd game of back to back. Let’s see how torts’ conditioning training works out
I like it Linda.
Callahan yet again continuing to show why he got the ‘A’
Oh dear Staal (and all)...Linda, I agree.
wow,they are really talkin up my boy callahan this period!! love it. this is what hard work gets ya!
Staal can’t commit penalties..i thought all referee’s knew that
Section 2 Paragraph B Sentence 5
Marc Staal Cannot Commit Penalties.
Coincidentally the Refs know Section 2 Paragraph B Sentence 6 by heart.
Neither can Sidney Crosby. In Fact, if anyone does anything to Crosby they will be executed on the spot.
LaGreca it is!
ummm..Sam..the knicks suck, nobody cares!
LaGreca LOL
hahaha Matt K… you’re on a roll with the past few comments
eesh i am gonna miss you guys tomorrow!!!!
I can use the cubans to roll the crepes!
Who sits when Avery comes back? Voros? Lisin? Anisimov?
isnt there a kuba on the sens lol maybe yeti will try to trade for him
Aaron WK Voros
Power Play
It’s go time….
ooooooooooy! lets go boys pp goal time!
Rozsival sucks so much..so so much…
Fans are booing Rozival…
and the boos for rozy begin
Kovalev’s such a diving pussbag..
Come on, Higgins… that was a DUMB f*king penalty
DEEEE-FENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if that was rozy this place would’ve had word diarrhea!
Kovalev…thhpptt!
Kovalev dove..he could’ve easily just have yanked it away and skated off.
laurel is that your bugs bunny?
GOOD KILL. Now we score one!
Why does Sam Rosen have to tell us every time “a Let’s Go Rangers go up in the crowd”?
Where’s the call on that, refs?!
we should just give Cally the Extra Effort Award right now.
two games in a row and redden has not been horrid. trend trend trend!!!
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GABBY FROM DUBI!!!
DUBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gaborik scores! Off the post in between the legs!
goalllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGA~!
Gabinsky!!!
That line accounts for three goals tonight. That’s our money line thus far.
Gaborik picks up the loose change!
4-1
Two games, two Gaborik goals. I need to order my Gaborik jersey…
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOT DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#10 Baby yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
awesome UES!!!
Duborik!!
we actually HAVE a number one line that’ll score!!!!!!
I pray every night that Gabby stays healthy!!! He’s a blast to watch! Dubis gonna get some nice points this year!!! And Fankist has a nose for the puck!!!
Where is our Debbies fan.
I miss him dearly
Gabinspal!
where is local fan?
Linda, could be…or Daffy Duck. It’s the typed equivalent of a raspberry…
UES, excellent name!
Are we having fun tonight!
5-1 Cryers, MMMAAARRRTTTYYY!
UES, whats the score of the isles pens game???
lagreca must be slittin his wrists over that score~~
Sam should comment on that cheer, too… “Fans come alive with an a*hole chant”
MAKO…you gotta have a celebratory hot dog!!!
Linda – Isles 3, Pens 2, 9:45 to go
2-1 Isles, Tavares with his 1st career goal in the 2nd.
Linda,
3-2 icelanders
Local fan is the one fan at the Rock tonite.
lmao! thats pretty funny!!
5-2 now in Philthy-Dirty Jerz
P.S. Not to get off topic here, but is anyone else looking forward to Chris Christie’s ads going away…..
Goal-a-Game-Gabby.
Isles are beating Pens. Rangers had to win to avoid having the Islanders ahead of them in the standings.
Oh wow, the Pens-Isles game must have had an explosion of goals.
Laurel Babcock October 3rd, 2009 at 9:31 pm
P.S. Not to get off topic here, but is anyone else looking forward to Chris Christie’s ads going away…..
We live in New York..why the hell are they showing us them?
their conditioning is definitely apparent right now!
OMG..i love the ol triangle play. Gaborik almost had another one..
lmao @ ‘the one fan’ i bet he cant decide if he’s there for the devils or flyers
Crowd comes alive with a “Crosby Sucks” chant..
draw
Colton Orr was a much better fighter!
sigh….. thats a penalty?
Brashear “Paul Mara’d” him at the beginning. Punch Him while he aint looking..
Is Brashear contractually obligated to get in a fight every game?
does he even have a knockout punch anymore?
Brashear looks old out there….
Thanks, Glen!
NOT IMPRESSED WITH BRASHEAR AT ALL
lmao Matt! why they hell are they worryin about that dillweed tonight??
Brashear can’t even win a fight anymore. Such a freaking tool. Didn’t like him before, don’t like him now, won’t like him in the future.
There are some pretty lopsided scores tonight.
4-1 here
5-2 Cryers
7-2 Bruins over Canes
6-3 Caps over Leafs…now 6-4
6-3 Thrashers over Bolts
2 fights, no clear wins
Defense
3
DUBIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Shorty!!!
hell of a night for dubi
Duuuuuuub – insky!
#17 Baby
PARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DUBI DUBI DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Where’s Sally? Her fantasy team is getting carried by Dubi.
Potvin (still) sucks!... Man I love this team and its fans…my non super computer is being a pain…off for tonight, which was fab, I think…P.S. Where’s Sally!!!
and you’re close to breaking comments number from last night all….go for it!
lmao,sally left us flat tonight!
now THIS was fun to watch!!!!!!!!!!
Sens get a pity goal.
5-2
“hounded by voros” wow thats funny
It’s a donnybrook
Voros with a MUCH better fight than Brashear! WOOOOOOO GREAT GAME
VOROS!!!!!!
Voros looks better at dropping the mitts than Brashear.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! EVERLAST VOROS! FINAL BELL HOLY CRAP HE LANDED SOME!!!
Oh yeah, I’m happy for Tavares….but he’s still not gonna save the sticks…
wow..Brashear got his ass kicked so i think Voros felt he was obliged to get his ass kicked..
get em voros
high fives all around guys! great fun game
Pit tied it up at 3…
Jeez Prospal looks like an oompah loompah with that tan.
voros made hilary duff cry for hittin her boyfriend!
WOOOO MDZ 3rd star!!!
Dubi with first i bet …YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aw crap, i hate the pens
LOL UES, a douchebag oompa loompa that drives a 87 Firebird and lives in his parent’s basement on Long Island
Isles get a PP with just over 2 mins left. I just heard their PP has scored twice tonight :(
Linda, Dubi is also soooo cute! Oh the irony of his late signing….ha ha Slats! get the contract ready for next year…
sat next to the worst ranger fans ever. found some cool vancouver peple. they still havent lost when ive gone! off to warren 77.
i think he’s gonna have a pretty nice season laurel! $300 an hour to rent ice and work on his shot should definitely pay off!
What is with the Vinny hate? Geez….OK, I’m really gone now. Bruce and Ranger’d out….happy season opener Staal and all!
tr that had to suck! i hate when ya sit with people who look like they’d rather be chewin on their toenails. why bother going if you’re not gonna be into it?
Isles and Pens going to OT.
noones hatin on fankist…just havin fun
Wow Fleury just robbed an Isles player at point blank. Damn you Stanley Cup giving the Fleury confidence.
What a great game! It’s going to be a fun year watching Dubi and Gabby together! Go Rangers!!!!!!!!!
I don’t care who scores the goals for the Rangers this year whether they come from an American, a Canadian, a Slovak or someone from Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory.
TR-808-
Met 3 Vancouver (fans) today at the Yale Football game. Actually they are Yale Hockey players. One from Greenwich Ct. is the brother in law of Jonathon Quick from Hamden Ct. who now plays Goal for the LA Kings.
They know Higgins well.
Small world for sure.
UES that was a crazy save!
would the isles even stand a chance in the shoot out vs the pens??
great game what a blast to watch i love this team!
sally needs to put prospals head on an ooompah loompahs body and grace the blog with the results
I don’t know, Crosby isn’t the greatest in the shoot out. And based on their games against the Rangers the Isles aren’t that bad at the skills competition.
Pen-Isles shootout.
WTF..the isles game just became the freakin Colorado Rockies Dodgers game
wow that was ridiculous! me and grabby are on hockeystreams yellin WTF about the baseball game
We’ll keep you updated Linda
Tambellini
Tavares
Okposo
for the Isles, shooting first
Tambellini hits the post, no goal
they just got it back to us after 3 of us were screamin there…
Letang scores
ah hit the post
Letang- French breakfast drink.
Tavares shoots wide
where is local fan, Marty got schooled tonight for 5 goals and lost 5-2 to the Flyer’s, ouch.
lmao olga!
Crosby scores, Pens win 2-0
maybe crosby can take himself out of the game lmao
OH!!! to bad, the islanders lost in a shootout, 4-3 to the penguins.
Icelanders lose, Crosbitch with the winner
got stars preds on now GOOO PREDS. and i was sooo happy to see Jed on the sharks!!!!
Ugh, sickening to watch Crosby chat with the ref after the game is done and walk away smiling. Who knows what type of pleasantries were exchanged there.
Local fan, at least the islanders got a point, jeez!!!!
will finish watchin preds game then go to the sharks so i can see orty!
UES, that kids face just sickens me, hot dog lips and all. he just looks like one of those smug kids we all knew at some point in school
Fun night, see you all again Monday!
have a good sunday st0w
Preds-Dallas tied at 2 in the third.
If you painted Trotz’s head orange you could scare kids on Halloween. I’m serious…
Yeah Trotz along with Broudreau lead the no-neck brigade.
Trots DeVito sometimes i call him ‘subzero’
anything interesting out of the post game show guys?
Great win tonight. It was awesome to see Del Z get his first. He better stick around for the whole season.
The PP looks good, but how many fuggin times can you shoot wide ? They need to put the puck on net, right now that’s the only frustrating thing aboot this team.
But it was a pretty damn good game, and it’s great to see Dubi score, and Gabby pop in another. He really could get 50 if he stays healthy. He needs to stay away from Team Slovakia.
And it’s great to see Martina Brodiva getting ass raped all night long. Hahaha, all those pathetic soft goals, muahaha, NYR better kill this guy on monday.
so stupid!! watch the preds on tv…the sharks on the computer, there we go
OK time to go to the Kings game on Center Ice
Lets go Kings!!
Jon Quick is the next King Henrik
Trust me
yes, as soon as i put the game one.there’s orty, but he’s gettin a penalty!
Has anyone seen or heard from “a local fan”?
Nope, but now he has a pretty prime example of what a defense in shambles looks like.
jb lagreca was either watchin the devils get dismantled to night, or he’s punished and not allowed computer access lets not worry about him tonight..good win for us
Great game tonight. I’m really liking that we’ve got a legitimate first line that is a threat whenever its on the ice. So happy MDZ scored too. Redden played decently, definitely worked hard over the summer. I cant remember hearing Rozi’s name until the third period, when are we going to get rid of that guy? Dubi with two goals is nice. Hes proving he’s worth the money they paid him. I really like Prospal too. I can’t wait for Aves to get back into the lineup. Lets go Rangers!!
Uh Oh the Maven is up next with his predictions.
Don’t watch
I warned you
damnit, the fiancee decides to take a study break and took the game off the tv…what a woman!!! lmao
“Madden was getting old”
The Maven
he thinks having a game on the computer is enough grrrrrrr
Del Zotto reminds me a little like leetch, needs to get some weight which he will as he gets older and learn how to play defense, good offensive skills. Gilroy, what can i say. Rosival step up his game in the third period, still not sold. Dubi is the man!!!
Drop the gloves Linda!
“The Icelanders will win the cup”
The Maven
I suspect Avery will be ready for the Devils game on Monday.
holy crap malhotra is on the sharks also
BANJ, if he wasnt a bodybuilder i’d have beaten him senseless by now!!!
“The Icelanders will win the cup”
The Maven
The Maven is more like Nostradumbass
oh no
now its Philly
lol
not only is he nasty and rude, but he already looks embalmed! he’s the larry king of hockey ‘experts’
Then hide his protein powder.
Can’t wait to see the team with Avery’s energy.Hope for Monday
Vs. sucks though
oh man…we’re stuck with doc on monday then…ugh
“isles finishing 8th in the conference”
The Maven
yeah all 5 atlantic teams make it? 3 definitely (Us, Flyers, Pens)
But who knows about Devils, and Isles definitely not…
MAKO, i know you’re not here, but if ya check in, spreading the hot dog lips name all over facebook!
if avery plays monday, that will just be freakin fantastic! first 3 games, something special each one!! I have a feeling he may not play until the end of the week, but will be ecstatic if he plays monday
Anyone else having trouble loading this site? Haven’t been on since thursday.
And where is Local Fan? Is he only half-happy tonight?
Great game tonight, and I thought we were a little unlucky last night.
I think you are right Linda
I doubt they rush Avery back any time soon
anyone @ warren 77?
place is stuffed to the rafters.
TR, I think some of the Rangers are headed there now. Saw a sign in the lockerroom, “free food at warren 77.”
Free for them, not for you.
Hey, did you guys hear Torts swear on TV when I asked him a question? No idea why he swore. He also called me Carpy when he answered the question.
New post.
TR-808
please tell me you weren’t the guy in the blue jays hat sitting behind me with the girlfriend screaming at people for booing brashear
i was in 233, row a drinking baccardi and coke all night, and disappointed i didn’t need to scream SHOOT THE PUCK BARRY on the pp