Hurricanes 2, Rangers 1
I was able to watch good portions of last night's game, which featured my favorite team, The Rangers, and my adopted team, the Hurricanes. I didn't really take much from it, though.
I thought the teams were fairly evenly matched, but a couple of factors weighed in. The Rangers are an older team, and were playing the second game of a back-to-back, which always means a struggle. And they wound up losing.
The 'Canes, on the other hand, managed to accomplish something they needed to and which they did brilliantly last year: Find a way to win a game they should win, especially at home.
The winning goal was the result of aggressiveness after a faceoff in the offensive end and they outhustled the Rangers to a loose puck, managing to get a centering pass to Rod Brind'amour, who made no mistakes from 10 feet out in the slot.
A strong hockey game, well-played defensively by the 'Canes, especially in the 3rd period.
I thought the teams were fairly evenly matched, but a couple of factors weighed in. The Rangers are an older team, and were playing the second game of a back-to-back, which always means a struggle. And they wound up losing.
The 'Canes, on the other hand, managed to accomplish something they needed to and which they did brilliantly last year: Find a way to win a game they should win, especially at home.
The winning goal was the result of aggressiveness after a faceoff in the offensive end and they outhustled the Rangers to a loose puck, managing to get a centering pass to Rod Brind'amour, who made no mistakes from 10 feet out in the slot.
A strong hockey game, well-played defensively by the 'Canes, especially in the 3rd period.
posted by Les at
2:47 PM
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Spoken like a man whose team (Detroit) is on an early-season win streak....
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