Rangers defeat Devils 3-2, youth is served at The Rock
by Jim Schmiedeberg on Oct 5, 2009 10:01 PM EDT
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The Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils tonight 3-2 at the Prudential Center in Newark tonight in a game that had all the drama and intensity we've come to expect in this rivalry. Players from both sides have made names for themselves in this 25 year battle, and tonight you can add two new ones to the list: Del Zotto and Gilroy.
Michael Del Zotto continued to impress offensively by scoring his second goal in two nights tonight, and added an assist on Ales Kotalik's power play goal late in the 1st period. The Rangers much talked-about power play finally got the bounces tonight, they were 2 for 6 with the man advantage.
Del Zotto and Gilroy became the first two Ranger rookie defensemen to score in the same game since Jeff Bloemberg and Miroslav Horava did it in 1990.
The game got off to a rough start for the Rangers, when Rob Niedermayer scored just 1:10 into the game. The Rangers lackluster start forced an enraged Head Coach John Tortorella to call a timeout, which he spent screaming at his team to get their heads in the game.
After killing off a Michal Rozsival penalty following the timeout, the Rangers got the message and settled into their game, with Del Zotto tying it a few minutes later. Travis Zajac put the Devils back ahead at the 10:52 mark, but Kotalik's goal sent the teams to the first intermission tied at one.
Henrik Lundqvist started off slowly, but found his game and by night's end had made 25 saves. Martin Brodeur was off his game for the second straight game, giving up three goals on 26 shots.
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what a great game
that timeout in the first was definately key.
here we come
washington capitals..
hopefully avery will be back and ovechkin doenst put up 10 points.
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
I think Torts deserves alot of credit for the win too
The TO in the first few minutes really got their asses into gear.
Gary Thorne=Simply the Best!
by The American Mr.Hockey on Oct 5, 2009 10:37 PM EDT reply actions
im pretty sure
it wont say ‘no photo’ next to Gilroy and Del Zotto’s player cards on ESPN pretty soon
gilroy and del zotto..
these kids were fantastic tonight del zotto seems like he is more comfortable on the pp and gilroy was flying all over the ice this is the future for the rangers i love watching these guys play great win in hostile territory ….
hostile territory
even though most of the crowd was rangers fans!
"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed."
-Casey Stengel
by He'sGotPotential on Oct 6, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
When I was listening on the radio
& a goal was scored, you couldn’t tell by the fans reaction whether it was a Devils or Rangers score b/c of the cheering haha.
Youth
They played well and scored which was awesome, but MDZ only played like 11 minutes or so and Gilroy a bit more. i’m wondering if they are not trusted to play important minutes yet.
i think
their just easing them into the spots..
there playing a lot less in the 3rd, which is fine by me to start the year.
and yeah… 2 powerplay goals.. too bad sam wasnt there to announce it
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
great game
what a great game by the rangers…BUT redden and rosival just annoy me so much…everytime i see them on the ice they do something stupid…but del zotto and gilroy are gonna be awesome…2 POWERPLAY GOALS…frigin amazing…haha
rosizval yes but redden..
has been great so far.. roszival is terrible but besides staal he has been the 2nd best defensive defensemen this year
no way nutz
Redden has been good. He had a rough game today but he made two great plays to break up scoring chances in a 3-2 game. He has been good so far
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by Joe Fortunato on Oct 5, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
im bein a hater...
you guys are right…redden hasn’t been terrible…hes been decent…i guess it just bothers me that hes getting 6.5mill/year…i don’t think i’ll ever get over that
so say redden and rosival keep playing the way they are now…do you guys see anyone of them getting moved by the trade deadline?…i just dont see anyone ever taking them off our hands…hopefully phoenix will…haha
They have been attempting to move Rozy but his contract compared to his perfomrance makes it very difficult. I can foresee if thye move this waste of space by including him in a trade and playing half is contract or if Torts blows up and can convinance Sather to send him down and buy out his contract. However, that would look really bad on Sather and would take a hit on the game. I would do it my mid year because he is really terrible out their and thye need a physical D on the blue line, that is where we are weak this year. If we can add a physical D on the blue line, we are in the top 5 teams in the league
well
redden hasnt been great.. staal has been great.. redden has been decent..
but hey thats fine for me.
rozi has been awful.. next year its going to come down to him or resigning staal and girardi.
we dont have to buy him out, we can always just send him to hartford so it doesnt count against the cap. and if someone claims him when were sending him down to hartford they pay the salary.. so after this year if we can get rid of him and we dont have money to resign staal and girardi we will just leave him in the minors
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Ok gotta love....
Torts! He noticed how the intensity levels for the Devils were not being matched by his squad and immediately called a time-out. And what happened? The rangers got it together and took over the game! Gotta love it! And I love the fact that we have 2 rookie d-men in the lineup that are producing.
by giantsNYrangers on Oct 5, 2009 11:19 PM EDT reply actions
side note
nhl.com has dubi and mdz in the top 15 in goals scored (a little early I know but hey it’s a sign of good things to come)
cant wait for
these crappy contracts to run out………….it’ll def be a while tho. And how bout kotalik’s goal? A one-timer to the short side!!!! thats why we got him no?
by giantsNYrangers on Oct 5, 2009 11:23 PM EDT reply actions
yes that is exactly why we got him
to help out the power play. Something many people overlooked when he was signed.
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by Joe Fortunato on Oct 5, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll be honest about that.......
When we first signed him to a 3 yr, $3 million contract i was upset at Sather saying here he goes again Spending like a drunken sailor. But he had to do something to fix our enemic PP from last year but after that goal………I REALLY happy he did.
by giantsNYrangers on Oct 5, 2009 11:27 PM EDT reply actions
by the way giants
you know that if you hit the reply button it will come under the desired post like this. Just in case you didn’t know :-)
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by Joe Fortunato on Oct 5, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Im sorry Joe but
I dont get it. What do you mean?
by giantsNYrangers on Oct 5, 2009 11:36 PM EDT reply actions
if you look at my post
look to the right of my name. See the “reply” button? If you click that your post will indent under the post like mine is right now. This way in a live chat or in an thread you can address one post even if others have already posted.
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by Joe Fortunato on Oct 5, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
ok let me try
Gotta love the Kotalik signing!!!!!
by giantsNYrangers on Oct 5, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
there ya go!
see how you address only my post. This way you can keep your discussion within ceartin topics. Even if other people are discussing different things.
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by Joe Fortunato on Oct 5, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Gotcha!!!
Hey Joe, The Rangers are really entertaining right now and every1 is excited bout this team so far in this young season right? But honestly………they are not built to last in the playoffs, I feel. Potentially, how far can this team go in your opinion?
by giantsNYrangers on Oct 5, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
its good, now for your question
I will disagree that we are not built for the playoffs. We showed some serious veteren leadership tonight (something I will address in a story that will air tomorrow morning).
Prospal, Gaborik, Redden, Kotalik, Drury are among the few of the veteren players the Rangers have that have been through grueling playoffs and have gone deep. Then you have Dubinsky, Callahan, Lundqvist, Rozsival, Staal and Girardi who have all gone to the second round with the Rangers.
I think we are a dangerous playoff team. Gotta get there first though.
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by Joe Fortunato on Oct 5, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
One of my concerns....
are this team albeit in the past almost never got secondary scoring. Now granted we have the potential to do just that w/ the Drury, Callahan, Higgins line. But can you see us calling this team a cup contender…top to bottom?
by giantsNYrangers on Oct 5, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
And so much is riding
on wether or not Redden and Rosy can bring it every night and not be a liability to this team. Any chance one or 2 of them get sent down so we get the extra cap space? Even if that happened, who is available out there?
by giantsNYrangers on Oct 6, 2009 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
He was fine, the devils in my opinion were paying extra attention to our first line. They didnt make lou the coach for nothing.
by louielounz1 on Oct 6, 2009 1:42 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
well
they stopped gaborik for a large part of the game but it opened up scoring elsewhere.
dont forget though gabs still had an assist.
4 pts in 3 games!
GABORIK > 100 POINTS
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Rangers tied for 1st with WAS for goals scored. lol
by BleedsRangerBlue on Oct 6, 2009 11:13 AM EDT reply actions
If we're saying that
at the start of Februrary, the Rangers will have the best record in the game at that point.
What the f$%k is the internet?
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