Rangers Recap: Rangers Cut Capitals' Series Lead to 2-1
by Nick Montemagno on Apr 17, 2011 8:27 PM EDT
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PrintDespite being down 2-0 in the series, the Rangers were welcomed home to an indescribable feeling this afternoon at Madison Square Garden. Seeing the team take the ice just prior to the opening faceoff with thousands upon thousands of rally towels being whirled around across the entire arena brought about a special feeling. The special feeling that has followed this resilient team all throughout the regular season, and that's just what today's 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals was.... special.
The Rangers got off to their most energetic start of the series in this game, hitting everything in sight right out of the gate. I thought that was important because they made it very clear that this was their house and they would not be man-handled like they were in Games 1 and 2. They came very close several times in the opening frame, especially early on, but Michal Neuvirth made all the necessary saves, as did Henrik Lundqvist, and like every other game in the series, the two teams would enter the first intermission scoreless.
After several frustrating failed powerplay attempts, the Blueshirts finally got on the board with the man advantage at 5:30 of the second period when Erik Christensen's sharp angle shot got past Neuvirth. Prior to that the Rangers were not shooting enough, but Erik proved it would not take a perfect shot to beat this kid. The Caps would come back to tie it, though, with exactly a minute left in the period, as Alex Ovechkin found the back of the net for the second time in the series.
At the buzzer, the Rangers appeared to have answered. Ruslan Fedotenko's shot from behind the net ticked off a skate and over the goal line, but upon review it was determined that time had run out, therefore the goal was no good. Now I understand that the NBC clock still had 0.1 seconds left when the puck went in, but apparently the official arena clock read 0.0. Believe me, the NHL wouldn't just rip the Rangers off like that as so many claimed.
From where I was sitting the green light looked to have come on before the Rangers raised their sticks. It wasn't a goal.
But the Rangers would end up getting that second goal, anyway, eight minutes into the third period. Vinny Prospal buried a Marc Staal rebound to put the Rangers up 2-1. Once again, Washington battled back to tie the game on the powerplay. This time it was Mike Knuble finding a loose puck at the side of the net at 14:48.
I was very proud of the fans in attendance because following that goal they got really loud, showing their support. It paid off because Brandon Dubinsky's strong move to the net gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead with 1:39 left in regulation. The Rangers would close it out to cut the Caps' series lead to 2-1.
Henrik Lundqvist received the first star of the game and did he ever deserve it. The King was fabulous for the third straight game, making a total of 23 saves and once again holding the offensively potent Caps to only two goals. Thankfully he finally got some goal support to relieve him of some pressure, but still, he had to be very good and he was.
The veterans came through this afternoon. Ruslan Fedotenko was incredible on the defensive side of the puck, Vinny Prospal had a clutch goal in the third period and Chris Drury won some key face-offs. I always find that it's the elder statesmen that come through in the postseason, and that was true this afternoon for New York.
Brandon Dubinsky was the most impressive to me, though. I called him out this morning on my blog for having to bring more to the table in the playoffs, and boy did he deliver in this game. Not only did he pick up an assist as well as the game-winner, but he also led the charge physically. I guess it was all in the fake mustache he was sporting.
Sean Avery, Brandon Prust and Brian Boyle have become a line that's hard not to love. They were hitting everything and were constantly getting in the face of Neuvirth. It's about time that kid experienced some disturbances.
I thought the team as a whole was great defensively, but Dan Girardi was by far the most outstanding. He is the best shot blocking defensemen in the league. There's no doubt about it.
It's going to be a grind, but if the Rangers can play like this in Game 4 on Wednesday, this will be a whole new series. Today was a good start.
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Dubi is offically an orgy guy
The power of the pornstache has even more jam than the Q-stache.
great game. Can’t wait to be at game 4.
by truebluesince75 on Apr 17, 2011 8:35 PM EDT reply actions
I guess it was all in the fake mustache he was sporting.
ew.
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NBC sucks b/c......
NBC was horrible when it came to the replay on the no goal at the end of the second. Was I the only one annoyed when they showed that one angle over and over? MSG would’ve had the in-net cam showing it, but NBC felt we needed to see the refs on the phone and the coaches looking at the scoreboard probably watching the in-net camera.
by KingHenrik_theVIII on Apr 17, 2011 8:38 PM EDT reply actions
I was at the game today and yes it was gratifying to see the support through out the game from the fans. These are the types of games we would have lost in the last few years but as we have seen all year this team has a game plan and will stick with it. I feel like we will get better in the future if the organization sticks with the youth it has started to develop. But if we do not get our act together on the power play we are never going anywhere. Even though we scored a pp goal today our pp is disorganized, sloppy and we simply do not have a plan.
That being said I can’t wait till wednesday when I know the garden faithful will be even crazier that they were today. And the players on this years team deserve it!!!
Important win tonight. We are going to mess with the game #2 stats. We will win. Wednesday at MSG will be rocking. We show we can score. We can play defense. We are going to tie the series Wed. SIIWSISBD.
Idk, I keep seeing Fedetenko and thinking Jan Erixon.
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Jan Erixon #20 !?!?
Holy crap! I remember him from back in the late 80’s! Thats when I became a Rangers fan, the 1986 playoffs. That team seems very similar to this team. Ther were gritty and hard working under-dogs. If I do recall they had to beat the Caps on the way to the Conference Finals… LETS GO RANGERS!
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by boca_phin_fan on Apr 18, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
If we go further, we should set up a viewing party in Fla. I am not too far from Boca.
PRUSTOSTERONE!!!
by nathansfamous on Apr 19, 2011 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Any way to watch the Whale play, or find the score?
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by nathansfamous on Apr 17, 2011 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
can we do a side-by-side comparison?
Can someone post pics from game 2 and compare his goatee with the pornstache? That would help establish if its real or fake.
by truebluesince75 on Apr 17, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
soak it all in boys
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"The NHL wants the Caps to move on no matter what"
Stupid comment.. Which would be better for the NHL and for their business, Caps win this series in 4/5 games or the Rangers winning in 6/7?? Definitely a 6 or 7 game series no matter who wins.. Not to mention the NHL isn’t like the NBA, they don’t fix games like that.. Would they rather the Caps move on? Probably but would they jeopardize the sport like that?? No chance.. Remember the Ducks/Senators and Canes/Oilers Stanley Cup Finals the 1st 2 years after the lockout?? What about the Habs knocking out both the Pens and Caps later season?? End Of Story…
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by NYRangerFan718 on Apr 17, 2011 9:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
im not saying they are fixing series in the NHL like they definitely do in the NBA, but remember that Bettman learned from Stern so i wouldnt put it past him
by nyrangerfan521 on Apr 17, 2011 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
they certainly turn a blind eye on ovechkin. the fact that they called gabby for cross checking right after ovechkin crosschecked twice in plain view in front of the goal. the replay showed the ref looking right at it, and then he turned his head. shouldn’t be that way. last game the rangers were called twice for scrum penalties, which is rare in any game. the caps today committed the same scrum infractions, and nothing. makes one wonder.
Shoot the puck Barry!!!
they also called that hooking call on ovechkin that while it was a penalty, it could have easily gone non-called
by nyrangerfan521 on Apr 17, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
The reason the NHL would rather have the caps is bc for the casual fan its crosby/ovechkin nothing else and to the NHL that’s ching ching….I wouldn’t be surprised if they realigned conferences so they could play each other in the cup finals lol (just kidding on that one like I need to say it)
by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 17, 2011 10:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think until this season the Rangers got better TV ratings than the Caps, at least in the US.
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by red army line on Apr 18, 2011 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Well that’s a shock to me then I just say cuz during every rangers game and everything NHL I ever see its ALL Ovi and Crosby
by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 18, 2011 10:00 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, that’s for national broadcasts, where they’re trying to get teams from all over to tune in on tv. I think just the size of the NYC market makes the Rangers a big draw. That’s why you see us as “the other team” in alot of those nationally televised games.
by BuckarooClub on Apr 18, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I noticed yesterday that NBC had their little star cam thingy on our guy during the second and I think it was Ovi during the first and third where every NBC game I saw this year its always been home guy 1st and 3rd and away guy 2nd…just thought that was funny just like usual were the “other team” like u say..
by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 18, 2011 10:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don’t care what arena we play in the East, at least 25% of the fans are Ranger fans during a Ranger game. When they play at the Bank Atlantic Center(Panthers), I bet it was about 50%. We had a crowd when the team bus went by.
PRUSTOSTERONE!!!
by nathansfamous on Apr 19, 2011 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Nothing is over.
I still believe.
Defended our ice and played the way we had to play to get back into this series. Be proud of the boys and how they played this afternoon gang. Never abandon or give up on this team. These are the guys who fought to stay in almost every game all year long, the guys that broke bones blocking shots, the guys that defended their teammates, the guys that finished checks, and the guys that found a way to get into the playoffs and win hockey games.
Let’s go Rangers.
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+1
Absolutely the same team. These guys are capable of anything. They put their heart and pride above all else, especially pain. They will find a way. Think about what happens when the guys who are not hot get hot. We have several waiting to score, and they will. LETS GO RANGERS!
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by nathansfamous on Apr 17, 2011 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
anybody that followed this team through 82 games of the regular season shouldnt have given up on them after 2 playoff games. not getting the last second goal and being able to stick with it after the caps tied it with 6 mins left shows the resolve this team has, something that true ranger fans knew they had all along
by nyrangerfan521 on Apr 17, 2011 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
I’m proud to be a Ranger fan with this team. They never quit. Personally, I don’t think they’ve even hit their potential in this series yet. Call it nerves,system, whatever, but I think they’ve played several better, more complete games against Philly, Boston and Vancouver. Makes me look even more forward to Wednesday.
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by bleed'n blue on Apr 17, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
With that stache
he looks more like Freddy Mercury
He doesn't look like Freddy Mercury at all
Ohh, You must have meant MUSTACHED Freddy Mercury…
Enjoy, Digger
by BuckarooClub on Apr 17, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Second one is pretty close to Dubi… though I wonder if Dubi has that much chest hair. On second thought I don’t want to wonder that or think about it…
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I scrolled alot of Freddy Mercury images to find one that would do justice.
And I’m just hoping my wife doesn’t notice in the web history and wonder what I’m REALLY doing when I say i’m talking Rangers on the computer.
by BuckarooClub on Apr 17, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Hilarious. And there’s no way to explain this one to the wife if you get busted….unless you get a “Mercury #17” jersey.
Prole art threat.
by greifi griffie on Apr 18, 2011 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions
vintage
Just say he’s a defenseman from the 1970’s. It’ll work.
Prole art threat.
by greifi griffie on Apr 18, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Now THAT’S the Dustacheky I’m used to seeing.
Big, gutty win.
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Bout time we got a bounce.
good game, good win.
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by The Last Shall Become First on Apr 17, 2011 9:59 PM EDT reply actions
man Sauer is a rock no?
great that dubinsky scored, but man he needs to shoot more. those PP’s where he had clear lanes to the goal and kept passing were freaking me out. the EC goal and BD goals are proof positive that they need to shoot, shoot, shoot on goal. too many passes.
Shoot the puck Barry!!!
i’ll say this for Gaborik. although he’s not scoring, he’s made some great plays defensively. i’ve never seen him backcheck like this before. ever since the game a few weeks ago where he floated back and cost the team a goal in a 2-1 loss, he’s been much better. gotta credit torts for undressing him after that bad effort.
Shoot the puck Barry!!!
Quick note on the PP
THEY HAD BOYLE IN FRONT OF THE NET FINALLY. I’d been calling for this the entire season, since he’s like, you know, 6’7. It produced pretty good results last night and forced Neuvirth to make some pretty good saves on point blank opportunities
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by nathansfamous on Apr 18, 2011 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Great win
I know he gets a lot of grief on this site, and probably rightfully so, but that Christensen goal was unreal, and probably no one else on the club could even come close to making that.
Gaborik, while still ineffective as far as scoring, did contribute to the Prospal goal, by camping out in front of the net. Only bad news is now that Dubi had a good game, he has to keep that horrible porn stache.
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Didn’t Cally have a couple sniper-like top shelf goals like that earlier this season where we went what? Where did that come from?
by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 18, 2011 12:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
They even said that on NBC!!! (I think it was in a blowout vs Flyers, or maybe Devils).
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by red army line on Apr 18, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I think it was flyers too…he had a crazy terrible angle shot go in against pitt also the same game that had the Cooke elbow on Mcdonagh…
by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 18, 2011 10:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Also, Avery breaking his own stick after the icing was beyond epic. im still laughing about that
by nyrangerfan521 on Apr 17, 2011 10:17 PM EDT reply actions
smart freakin play. gave everyone a rest because of the icing. caps fans probably thought it should have been a penalty.
Shoot the puck Barry!!!
caps fans probably thought it should have been a penalty.
It probably is. Unsportsmanlike conduct, which Avery knows all about. Trick is to make it not look like a penalty, of which Avery did a good job.
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by red army line on Apr 18, 2011 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I think everyone including the refs figured Laoch chopped at him, b/c it is Avery.
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by George E. Ays on Apr 18, 2011 10:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
and purposeful
he did that purposely to kill some clock on the icing. classic. only Avery
by truebluesince75 on Apr 17, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
of course. thats what makes it so funny
by nyrangerfan521 on Apr 17, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Just finished watching it
on good ol’ VHS!!! And I didn’t know a thing about it beforehand. What a freakin’ roller coaster ride!!!
Every time I saw Dubinsky I just kekp laughing my ass off!!! It worked!!!!
LGR!!!!!!
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by Stepan the Ice! on Apr 17, 2011 10:32 PM EDT reply actions
Rangers will tie this series up on Wednesday. It will devastate the caps.
Then they need to carry the momentum and take one in dc. That will be game 5.
Rangers win in 6. Caps don’t win another… None.
Mark It Zero, dude.
Calmer than you are.
I hope lol, but seriously if we win on Wednesday it will be interesting to see how Washington handles it
by CrazyRangerFan on Apr 17, 2011 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Bullshit Walter mark it 8 I wasn’t over the line!
by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 18, 2011 12:36 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Great game, better moustache. Oh, and to me he looks like a certain media personality from San Diego...
Meet Ron Burgdinsky!
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by Reese's Pieces on Apr 17, 2011 11:16 PM EDT reply actions
Digger will love this
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by Plusch on Apr 18, 2011 12:08 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Immediately after the game I shaved off my beard and gave myself a Dubinstache. Should make for an interesting Monday morning walking into my classes where everyone thinks I’m a weirdo already, but I digress…
Boyle-Prust-Avery was an unbelievable line. They were flying from the beginning.
It would have been nice for them to credit Feds with an assist on the third goal because he worked his tail off on the boards to dig the puck out.
I thought the defense looked very good and they carried themselves very well on the offensive side, especially McCabe, McDonagh, and Staal.
This series is far from over.
Creepy yet effective
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by The Last Shall Become First on Apr 17, 2011 11:56 PM EDT reply actions
(1) You thought that Christensen shot wasnt perfect?
(2) great atmosphere in MSG today. It was very interesting…after the Knuble goal the MSG people didnt play anything over the PA system for about a minute. Just silence…you don’t hear (or not hear) that in sports arenas these days. It let the fans just naturally build up the noise.
(3) That said…WHITE towels MSG? You know the away team wears white, right? I shake my head at this every year.
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by NYR #35 Richter on Apr 18, 2011 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
white towels is pretty much a league wide thing now for playoffs since it started in Vancouver
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Im all for the towels. WAAAY better than some of the other dopey things people hand out (like those blow up noise sticks the Devils have use). It is just kinda dopey to tell people to wear their blueshirts…and then hand out white towels.
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Agreed on 1 – EC’s shot was near impossible.
And if MSG is going to get blue towels, everyone is going to walk out of the garden with smurf hands.
Manning lobs it, Burress alone, touchdown New York!
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by It may HAVE to Last a Lifetime on Apr 18, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+100000000000000000000000000
by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 18, 2011 10:57 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The 2011 Rangers playoffs...
Turning our boys into Vets.
Linda Cohn made some great points when 1050 interviewed her pre-game. Also, they asked her if she’d wear her good luck, Henke 85th Anniversary Jersey on the Sportcenter set and she’d said she’d try.
Her best point was that this is all gravy, this is building experience for the boys. Gotta think that learning how working this hard earns you a win.
Know what else builds experience? Continuing into the playoffs. It can be done.
the cool thing about this team is that every game they win, they win for the same reason…hard work and heart. they have me believing we can take this series even though Washington clearly has the stronger team on paper.
this team is one of those clubs you want your children to watch because you know they will learn valuable lessons about life. anything’s possible with this kind of an ethic. and yes, when you approach life like this, winning is gravy.
really a great win i was so happy
duby coming through when we needed it, tan man as well
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by BombersGmenBlueshirts25 on Apr 18, 2011 1:48 AM EDT reply actions
Was Stepan a healthy scratch??
He’s been largely invisible this series but I don’t recall seeing him at all yesterday…
looking back on the game I realize one thing that wasn't brought up
Henrik did not steal this game. Everyone said that Henrik would steal a game for us, well we won a game where he did not have as big an impact as the team around him. I’m sure George can blow this theory, but when the caps had all that pressure in the rangers end the defense forced the caps to the boards and clogged all the lanes. Both goals the caps scored came on just right circumstances. I’m not downplaying his impact in the game, but the rangers put the game on their shoulders and gave our all world goalie an easier game.
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by Kevin Power on Apr 18, 2011 8:03 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I was thinking the same thing
I actually think the Rangers can play better than they did Sunday. Compared to their wins against Vancouver, Boston and Philly (and the other Caps reg season games), they were a bit more chippy this game, but they had their share of defensive breakdowns that plays like “the flying fedetenko” were required to bail them out. I’m looking forward to the confidence this game brought, and a more complete game on Wed.
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by bleed'n blue on Apr 18, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Does anybody agree with the fact that Cam Talbot finally had a good game? I have been waiting for him to step up all year. Ah who am I kidding? He blew it.
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by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 18, 2011 8:36 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Rangers played hard, played well, deserved to win. Congratulations, and now we’ve got a war on our hands.
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you’re gonna find that this rangers team does not die quietly…you may beat us but we’re gonna take our pound of flesh from you and go down in blaze of infuriating glory
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Sick home from work and just watched the last two minutes again on my dvr and let the tears flow freely home all alone lol
by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 18, 2011 10:08 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Anyone else think Dubinsky actually looks more like one of the Mario Bros. with that stache?
Can’t tell which one though – Luigi or Mario.
Maybe he’s the forgotten brother who wears blue?
Anyone care to photoshop that?
Absolutely Luigi, too skinny for Mario. Green overalls with that please.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Apr 18, 2011 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha the first thing my girl said yesterday when she saw dubi was look its luigi!
by Mr. Avery to you on Apr 18, 2011 5:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Waluigi (evil luigi) wears blue and has the ’stache
by teknics on Apr 18, 2011 7:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
boudreau really can’t keep his mouth shut can he. he doesn’t strike me as a very bright man.
Shoot the puck Barry!!!
contd...
he’s saying staal targeted green’s head to try and re-injure him??? and other players were doing the same thing?
Shoot the puck Barry!!!
I honestly saw that. He avoided one check where the Ranger’s hand finished rather high (into the glass, thankfully), and after Staal hit him on Ovechkin’s goal I thought Green had been re-concussed.
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by red army line on Apr 18, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Just DVR’ed the replay of Sunday’s game on NHL Network. Dubi’s shot went off the shoulder of Alzner and past Neuvirth. Great job by Dubinsky to get that shot off and the good bounce going in.
by NYR #35 Richter on Apr 19, 2011 12:34 AM EDT reply actions
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Fri 05/25 | OT - L 2 - 3 |
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New Jersey
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Wed 05/23 | L 3 - 5 |
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New Jersey
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Mon 05/21 | L 1 - 4 |
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New Jersey
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Sat 05/19 | W 3 - 0 |
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New Jersey
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Wed 05/16 | L 2 - 3 |
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