The New York Rangers And The "Victory Hat"
by Joe Fortunato on Oct 19, 2011 1:50 PM EDT
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PrintSo this is a little nugget I apparently missed from Tuesday night's big win. Apparently, the New York Rangers have a victory hat.
Yes, you read that correctly. And yes, your assumptions that it is the greatest thing ever are also correct.
Puck Daddy has the whole story and a photo here, and apparently the hat was an invention of Brad Richards. Here is what Richards had to say on the hat, as per Larry Brooks:
Because on a night the Rangers were in desperate need of a victory after going the first three games and what seems like a million miles without one, it was the goaltender's exceptional performance while under siege that propelled his team to a 4-0 triumph over the Canucks last night and earned him the hat that will be awarded to the player-of-the-game after each win.
"The hat sort of found its way back with us from Europe; just we're going to use it as a little reminder of how we came together over there," said Brad Richards, who came up with the concept and awarded the hat to the netminder. "It's another way for us to bond."
I love that Richards was the inventor of this idea. Not only does it show his leadership qualities, but it also shows just how tight this group of guys has become.
I don't know about you, but I will be looking forward to seeing which player takes this bad boy home after wins.
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Absolutely hahaha
Pierre McGuire needs to go away.
by MartyEqualsPansy on Oct 19, 2011 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
they might have to incinerate it by the end of the season
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We should just staple it to Henrik’s head.
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He should wear it over his helmet during the winter classic ala Ryan Miller.
Pierre McGuire needs to go away.
by MartyEqualsPansy on Oct 19, 2011 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Like the idea of the hat..
Let’s be honest, Henrik could have an octopus on his head and still be the most attractive man in hockey.
My girlfriend said he could rub feces all over his face and still look good. I couldn’t quite tell if she was joking or not. I hope she was lol.
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by RichieToGabbySCORE on Oct 19, 2011 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Like the shovel in Pittsburgh
Probably has to get passed from the holder to someone else for each win. Like the idea.
Manning lobs it, Burress alone, touchdown New York!
For the empty net, Mark Messier... do you believe it?! Do you believe it?! He said we will win game 6 - he has just picked up the hat trick!
This idea is great
And it symbolized the city…like Wysh points out on puck daddy
It’s European like Lundqvist and Marian Gaborik(notes). It’s Manhattan, whereas a ball cap would have been the suburbs (or, worse, Jersey). It’s the kind of victory trinket you’d expect from an Original Six team with a $62,226,950 payroll, that won the hand of the prized free agent last summer. Other teams have symbols of hard work, dirty fingernails and sweaty brows; the Rangers have something Justin Timberlake wears to his Junior Rat Pack meetings.
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A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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I would argue that the Rangers have the dirty fingernails and sweaty brows as well.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Oct 19, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Henrik Lundqvist does not sweat
that’s just excess awesome that his body can’t handle
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A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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by Kevin Power on Oct 19, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
hahaha....
….hahahahhaa
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Yeah because the Devils are at the salary floor
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Oct 19, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I said last night on Twitter
While we joke about the winning hat, it’s the little things like those that show what a guy like Brad Richards brings to a locker room. It’s something that bonds a team, a little token of appreciation the team shows for each other that brings them together.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Oct 19, 2011 2:35 PM EDT reply actions
PRUSTOSTERONE!!!
I am gonna F-n kill Giroux!
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by nathansfamous on Oct 19, 2011 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I love this, and I especially love that BR came up with the idea.
I cant stand Gregs anti-ranger bias anymore though. Its gross.
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Yea you can feel the latent bias in most of his sentences. The line that said basically the hat is perfect for the rangers because it doesn’t reflect hard work really pissed me off, it shows a decided lack of familiarity with the Rangers or just a disregard of objectivity.
by Zuppa Di Pesce on Oct 19, 2011 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree Zuppa
it was complimentary yet insulting at the same time. It seems no one can ever just say anything good about a NY team
I have tried extremely hard not to compare everything to baseball while here....
….but I have to here.
The 2009 Yankees had a championship belt, a real wrestler’s belt that a former famous Wrestler brought to the clubhouse towards the middle of the year. The best player each game won the belt, and players said that they would try harder to get the “big play” because they wanted the belt.
It could just be a fun little thing, or it can be a huge motivator. Don’t underestimate the little things.
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Didn’t they also have the golden thong? Or was that just Giambi
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"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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by Kevin Power on Oct 19, 2011 4:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That’s 2008, and that’s just Giambi.
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No different than a game ball.
PRUSTOSTERONE!!!
I am gonna F-n kill Giroux!
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by nathansfamous on Oct 19, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Woe unto you....
Chris Pronger – if you do this.
So, we really look forward to Pronger finding the hat and stomping on it before the Winter Classic like it was Ryan Kesler(notes). Because he has a wicked sense of humor and impulse control problems, you see.
In a sick sort of way, I’d love to see that happen. And then have Rupp destroy him in the first 30 seconds of the game as payback, you know?
But what if he messes up Hank’s pristine face? WHAT WILL WE DO THEN!
by Zuppa Di Pesce on Oct 19, 2011 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't Penguins have a shovel or hard hat
On 24/7
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Oct 19, 2011 4:43 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Pens had a shovel and the Caps had the hard hat
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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by Kevin Power on Oct 19, 2011 4:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That hat won’t get very much use if they keep playing this shitty! Perhaps a penalty hat or maybe a sloppy play axe would be more fitting.
by The Richards-Gaborik Connection on Oct 19, 2011 7:38 PM EDT reply actions
which games exactly were they blown out in that they are playing as shitty as you claim? 1 loss in OT, another on a shootout goal Hank would stop 999,999 out of 1 million times? yeah they have taken way to many penalties, but chill out.
Who said they were blown out? The only reason those games were even close was because of Hank.
by The Richards-Gaborik Connection on Oct 20, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
There it is
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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by Kevin Power on Oct 20, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
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