Rangers Vs. Flyers: Power Play Success Earns Rangers Fifth Straight Victory Over Flyers
The New York Rangers came away with their fifth straight victory against the Flyers this season, with a 5-2 victory this afternoon. Ryan Callahan notched his second career hat trick today, including two power play goals as well. Henrik Lundqvist had another strong performance between the pipes to preserve the lead for the Rangers.
Just eight minutes in the first period, we saw Stu Bickel and Tom Sestito renew their rivalry once again. Sestito crashed the net after the whistle and Bickel took exception. Both would receive ten minute misconducts, but Sestito would get the extra minor for roughing. It's also worth noting that Stu Bickel was dressed as a seventh defenseman for this game, and saw some time on the right side of the fourth forward line.
Just 24 seconds later (ironic huh?), Ryan Callahan cashed in on the power play to give the Rangers an early 1-0 lead. Marian Gaborik made a great pass over to Callahan, which wound up fooling Sergei Bobrovsky. However, just over five minutes later, Wayne Simmonds tied up the team with an beautiful deflection in front of Lundqvist.
Follow after the jump for more.
Andrej Meszaros would take a hooking penalty with about five minutes remaining in the first period. The Rangers would capitalize with another power play goal, this time from Marian Gaborik. Richards picked up his second assist of the game with a excellent slap pass to allow Gaborik to redirect the puck past Bob. The Rangers headed into the locker rooms with a big 2-1 lead.
Although, the lead only last six minutes into the second period as Claude Giroux scored on a breakaway. Simmonds caught the Rangers on a defensive change to spring Giroux on a breakaway. Lundqvist would make an initial diving glove save on Giroux, but Giroux jammed it into the net shortly after.
Just three minutes later, the Rangers would score their third power play goal of the evening. Scott Hartnell was whistled down for high-sticking. Ryan Callahan got his second goal of the evening off of a great pass by Michael Del Zotto. The great passing on the power play allowed Del Zotto to get a lane and slip it over to Callahan for the easy tap-in.
Again, the Rangers went into the intermission with another one goal lead. Six minutes into the third period, Artem Anisimov scored on yet another tap-in, in front of the Flyers net. Derek Stepan picked up the first assist with a great feed over to Anisimov. Also, Marian Gaborik picked up his fourth point of the night with his third assist of the game.
The final goal of the game would give Ryan Callahan his second career hat-trick against the Flyers. Brad Richards made a great pass over to Hagelin who was sitting on the far post. Hagelin mishandled the puck, and Callahan picked up the loose puck and put it into the empty net. With that assist, Richards picked up his third assist of the game as well. Richards currently has four points in his last two games, talk about breaking out of a slump.
The Rangers power play was clicking all afternoon long and was the deciding factor in this game, and it's finally nice to see that working. With this win, the Rangers once again widen the gap with their Atlantic Division lead. The Rangers will be in action again tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 against the Washington Capitals back at Madison Square Garden.
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HATS OFF.
TO THE RANGERS TODAY.
GREAT JOB.
LGR.
by VVIZARD on Feb 11, 2012 4:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Big win!
Let’s do it again tomorrow!
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Rangers are good at exploiting offense-heavy team
and the power play was a microcosm of that…the Flyers play a very aggressive, counter-strike-oriented penalty kill and the rangers were able to capitalize….they need to improve against balanced teams like the Blues and Devils…let’s see success today can boost confidence and carry over into the game tomorrow.
@btown46
Exactly.
All 3 of the flyers forwards are aggressive, and they give up a large amount of odd-man rushes because of it. Unless you have elite defensemen and goalies (they have good ones), you can’t get away with that.
Let’s hope the PP keeps up, and we can do it again tomorrow.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
the reason the Flyers lose big at times is because they don’t have the goaltending to play the style they do. They think they do but Bryz isn’t making good on his contract and Bob isn’t an elite goalie.
by OhCallyMyCaptain on Feb 11, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
Well, the style they play only works with a top 3 goalie and a great defense.
They are aggressive, and their forwards get caught, and while their defense and goaltending aren’t bad, they aren’t good enough to cover odd-man rushes.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Mine.

@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
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by Dig Deep on Feb 11, 2012 4:14 PM EST reply actions 10 recs
Very cool.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
so beautiful… makes me shed a tear.
by OhCallyMyCaptain on Feb 11, 2012 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
Once again Dig, you have out done yourself.
by NYR #35 Richter on Feb 11, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
Why thank you kind sir.
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
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Awesome work dude.
by The Richards-Gaborik Connection on Feb 11, 2012 5:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
And now for a silly one.

Note: you will not get this shit-eating grin by actually consuming human shit.
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
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by Dig Deep on Feb 11, 2012 4:38 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
He does, doesn’t he?
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
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Pope Prust speaks to us
BrandonPrust8 Brandon Prust
Great win by the boys tonight.. Gotta keep doing it the right way! Especially captain cally and @HLundqvist30
BrandonPrust8 Brandon Prust
And mr I don’t back down from anybody @BDubi17 #strongasanox
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
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fuck yeah
great game. Last 3 saturday afternoon games have been awesome. Easily taking down the Flyers twice and beating the Bruins in OT.
"Just reload my weapon, you know?" - Artem Anisimov
"We are going to come to Philadelphia, and we are going to win." - Mr.Sather
"I'm not a screamer or yeller. If I would try to scream and yell at people, it's not what I'd naturally do. So if I tried to do that, it would be awkward, I think." - Eli Manning
anybody else really love going over to Broad Street Hockey and reading their tears after a loss to the Rangers?
If you do
Don’t cause trouble because it makes everyone looks bad
"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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nah
i just read, i know better than to argue with someone who likes the Flyers
Makes us look bad just to say something like “see all the tears they have over there?”
They are still a really, really good hockey team and are, for the most part, a bunch of good guys over there.
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
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Travis is one of the best hockey writers SBNation has
"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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Kev where were you during the game? I was looking for you to email me baamboo22@hotmail.com
I stay away from the GTs if I’m not watching the game
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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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I agree they are an excellent hockey team with a deep offensive lineup that can dazzle any game.
But that doesn’t change the fact that the majority of Flyer fans i know are obnoxious blind biased people who will never give credit to where it is due.
Haven’t met the so called “good guys” you speak of.
Take a look at how Broad Street Hockey reacted to the purple-heart, off-duty cop that was beat up after the Winter Classic.
That should tell you all you need to know.
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
Blueshirt Banter
That is the way the Flyers organization should of reacted
When i saw that i got a warm feeling in my tummy, but it doesn’t excuse all the trash talk ive heard over the years.
Keep in mind, trash talk hasn’t been on these boards but with flyers fans in person on other boards etc..
maybe the BSH people are overall better but I am still wary of all Flyers Fans in general.
And guys here don’t trash talk? And Rangers fans don’t trash talk?
We still do “Potvin Sucks” for godssakes. C’mon buddy.
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
Blueshirt Banter
Of course we all trash talk, but there is a difference between the fans and players after the game, you give credit where it is due, I think the rangers’ players and fans are excellent at this, every interview i see they are really positive and talk about how great of a team the Flyers are, deservedly so.
I don’t know the crowd at BSH well, but the Flyer fans i know are trash, you aren’t going to convince me otherwise its impossible lol.
There’s witty trash talk and then there’s Flyer fan’s trash talk. at least from the kids im used to dealing with, one of my friends from philly is so stubborn whenever we win he just tells me to think about that shootout loss to end our season the season before last.
Jump to conclusions
Not trying to “convince you otherwise”, just trying to point out that you are looking at a small sample size and jumping to conclusions about the rest of the fan base. The guys at BSH are solid dudes.

Seriously though, I try to make a point of fraternizing with the “enemy” and being respectful to the fans of the opposition and to other hockey fans no matter what colors they wear. That is probably just me though. Agree to disagree.
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
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Are you still looking for your red stapler?
"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
Follow me @8kpower
I’ll… I’ll… setthebuildingonfire.
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "The arsonist has oddly shaped feet." - Ron Burgundy
Blueshirt Banter
Yeahhhhh
You’re gonna have to talk to payroll about that.
"Just reload my weapon, you know?" - Artem Anisimov
"We are going to come to Philadelphia, and we are going to win." - Mr.Sather
"I'm not a screamer or yeller. If I would try to scream and yell at people, it's not what I'd naturally do. So if I tried to do that, it would be awkward, I think." - Eli Manning
like the reference, but that picture isn’t milton!
by NYR-BD-RC-HL-MS on Feb 11, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
what's wrong with trash talk
I don’t think trash talk makes them bad ppl
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 11, 2012 6:08 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
i watched the game on csn and the philly announcers whined about EVERY call that went the rangers way. sam rosen is a class act and is always impartial but these flyer guys were awful
by jetrangermetfan on Feb 11, 2012 6:04 PM EST reply actions
Sam Rosen is good
but he does make some slightly biased ranger commentary occasionally.
how could you blame him he has seen more ranger hockey than anyone
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 11, 2012 6:09 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
and I’m sure his fan side of hin just comes out sometimes
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 11, 2012 6:10 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
i don't blame him
I think he is a class act.
sam rosen
he’s clearly one of the best out there. nobody calls a fairer game in the entire league. living in colorado, i watch whatever feed i get on the Ticket, and half the time it’s the opposition. let me tell you, there are some UNBELIEVABLY bad duos out there, makes me really appreciate the Rangers announcers.
Shoot the puck Barry!!!
Sam and Joe are excellent
a little more biased this year than last because of how well the team is doing I guess…but still far less biased than a lot of other tandems (you don’t even have to look beyond MSG)
@btown46
i agree 100%
i am glad the MSG blackout doesn’t affect me with Cablevision.
definitely not as bad as some announcers i see on other teams, lol having NHL center ice sometimes requires the mute button or searching for the other channel the game is on just so you can watch the other teams’ broadcast.
Ive even seen fans of other teams say how they are surprised just how un-homer they are.
Aucune clause de Mouvement
by Blueshirt in Paris on Feb 11, 2012 6:22 PM EST up reply actions
All Ranger fans get out of Philly OK this time?
R.I.P Derek
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 11, 2012 6:16 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Hrm
So that earlier tweet about CBJ scouts had it wrong maybe:
Adam Kimelman @NHLAdamK
Jackets GM Howson in Philly today. Had long meeting with Holmgren: “We’ll see what happens before the 27th and we expect to be active.”
Don’t like that.
Howson is begging Holmgren to take Carter back
"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
Follow me @8kpower
Reacquiring Carter maybe?
Do they even have anything they could send for Nash outside of Giroux and Schenn? That would be counterproductive imo
R.I.P Derek
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 11, 2012 6:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I cant imagine Carter would be going back after how it all transpired. Well I mean he could since he doesn’t have a say but cant imagine that would work out well.
Aucune clause de Mouvement
by Blueshirt in Paris on Feb 11, 2012 6:24 PM EST up reply actions
So in 3 games with Bobrovsky in net, the Rangers have won, in 2 Games with Bryzgalov in net the Rangers have won. So it really doesn’t matter who’s in net for the Flyers, because they will lose regardless.
by NYR #35 Richter on Feb 11, 2012 6:22 PM EST reply actions
I think it was really nice of the League to allow the Rangers to play their bitches so close to Valentine’s Day.
Nice one.
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by Danz10 on Feb 11, 2012 6:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
my recap of BSH comments
Refs screwed the flyers
Rangers were lucky
LolMets
“Dubynski is a shithead” (actual quote)
I think they’re a bit mad. Note, I didn’t post anything over there. Not like they’d listen to reason
Oh.. should’ve heard Dave Maloney going on about the wonder twins being out when the game was 5-2 already. Made me lol
R.I.P Derek
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 11, 2012 6:39 PM EST via mobile reply actions
lol
wonder why they were complaining about Dubi, he was invisible today other then that fight
I don’t like when we get in scraps when we are already winning, especially if it is Dubinsky or another player that is really valuable to the forecheck, grinding game.
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "The arsonist has oddly shaped feet." - Ron Burgundy
Blueshirt Banter
Dubi got slashed and decided enough was enough. I understand what you’re saying but in this case I don’t blame Dubi. Rinaldo is the new carcillo.
Rinaldo is an Uruk-Hai.
@DigDeepNYR
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "The arsonist has oddly shaped feet." - Ron Burgundy
Blueshirt Banter
check out this golden nugget of insight
“I just hate Brandon Prust’s smug face. F*** him.” -courtesy of the BSH boards.
My favorite is the guy who said “fuck Callahan and fuck his grandmother.” They’re apoplectic. It’s amazing, we lose some bad games and we analyze the living hell out of it, start trading players, and fire coaches. They lose bad games, and it’s f him, f his family, I hope this guy breaks a hip. Real cute.
I've lived in Philly for 18 years
And I still dont understand why they always jump back to the Mets sucking. The Eagles lost the division to the Super Bowl winning Giants, the Flyers have been trounced 5 times by the Rangers, and the snarkiest comment they can think up is “lol mets”. I would probably pack up and move if the Eagles won the Super Bowl. This city is full of low life apathetic scum.
Anyway, LOL Flyers.
I understand as fans we have a bias towards the teams we root for. but Flyer fans complaining about the officiating when they commit a penalty every 30 seconds or so is delusional. the Rangers could have easily gotten 5 more power plays in this game. don’t call everything but letting the Flyers get away with crap just because they do it constantly is BS too.
Thats all i keep thinking when i read the flyers comments about the bad officiating.
Well that and “even if the game was biased….does no one remember the WC?”
Id also really enjoy smacking Hartnell in the face with a skate.
If he was to injure Hank I dont think he’d make it off the ice alive, other guys breathe on hank the wrong way this year and our D promptly show them the way out.
wouldn’t put it past the Flyers though. and there would not be enough retribution, revenge, or league action (ha ha) that would make it even.
If Hank goes out
so do our cup contender status.
They’d better hope Bickel isn’t on the ice at the time. Just ask Dorito.
R.I.P Derek
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 11, 2012 7:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Dont look now but the Rangers are 3rd overall in Goal Differential (+42) without any Bruins-esque blowout games.
After last year I’d never have guessed I’d be seeing some of the numbers the rangers have put together this year (well, actually the PP is worse than I’d imagine, but heres hoping todays game was a turning point)
Does anyone think how we scored our PP goals this game was reminiscent of how we were scoring them at the start of the season? Picture perfect setups that looked EA Sports-ish?
Hope this gets the PP going now. Pretty goals, ugly goals, matters not to me. Long as we score em.
R.I.P Derek
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 11, 2012 7:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
This rivalry is going get great for the next handful of years.
Not that is isn’t awesome enough already. But the Rangers have this defensive system they play behind possibly the young core of defensemen in the league with the best goalie. And the Flyers have probably one of the top young offensive players in the league with Giroux being a top 5 center in the NHL.
The matchup of Giroux, Couturier, Schenn, Van Riemsdyk, Simmonds, Voracek, Read, and most likely Hartnell going up against the likes of Staal, Girardi, McDonagh, Del Zotto, Sauer, and eventually Erixon and McIlrath will be an interesting one to say the least.
"Just reload my weapon, you know?" - Artem Anisimov
"We are going to come to Philadelphia, and we are going to win." - Mr.Sather
"I'm not a screamer or yeller. If I would try to scream and yell at people, it's not what I'd naturally do. So if I tried to do that, it would be awkward, I think." - Eli Manning
Very well said
I never really thought of it in that technical of a sense but I love Ranger-Flyer games so how can I resist?
Cant let this overlook the fact we could still use one more high scorer
I love the energy and win today but we just spent like 3 days going over who’s slumping and who needs to get traded. We still need to pick up a scorer or our boys need to continue picking up the slack or we will still fall short somewhere don’t u think? Flyers D is terrible I think that’s why we got those goals what do we do against more talented goalies and D ?
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Feb 11, 2012 10:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions
haha occasionally but yeah we still should pick up a rental at the deadline and maybe pull some kinda magic in the off season
by rain-g-errs on Feb 12, 2012 12:46 AM EST up reply actions
Haha yes we should
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Feb 12, 2012 1:01 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Why does philadelphia get the most power play opportunities in the league?
i find that stat to be a little odd.
they are also the most penalized in the league.
by rain-g-errs on Feb 12, 2012 12:38 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah that’s the thing. Refs cant call them on everything so they to play beyond the edge. Also refs have a tendency to try to even things up so they will call it the other way.
So instead of 10pp v. 0pp you wind up getting 5pp v 5pp. To me that is why they lead in penalties and also opportunities.
Aucune clause de Mouvement
by Blueshirt in Paris on Feb 12, 2012 5:27 AM EST up reply actions
you see but why? if a team continuously commits fouls then why not call them? the Flyers are using their sticks almost after every whistle. they do it on a regular basis, why not call them for it? if you call it then they stop.
Simmonds, and may I’m biased, should have gotten the extra 2 during his fight with Boyle. Boyle did everything he could not to fight. But when the guy is punching him then what is he supposed to do? Simmonds clearly instigated and initiated the fight (what a shock as his team is getting spanked).
When a game is lopsided and teams like the Flyers are on the short end of the stick, EVERYONE knows what’s coming (the fights and nasty play). this is where I fear for the King where the Flyers send out the mafia squad to take the King out.
Oh I agree, its just they way it is unfortunately.
I thought last night the refs did a good job on getting things calmed down.
Aucune clause de Mouvement
by Blueshirt in Paris on Feb 12, 2012 8:02 AM EST up reply actions
we’ve outscored them 19-8 this season, and 29-10 over the last 7.
I like those stats :D
R.I.P Derek
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 12, 2012 1:52 AM EST reply actions
Wolski, Dubi, and MZA for Jeremy Lin....
Pull the trigger Sather
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Feb 12, 2012 2:08 AM EST via mobile reply actions
http://hockeyrodent.com/ Here’s one advocating for Nash and he’d give up the Dubi, Kreider, and #1 pick package to do it. As much as I like Nash I don’t know that I would do that deal.
I wouldn’t personally but Nash is a hell of a player and nobody thought they would be able to get a shot at him so I could see over payment.
Aucune clause de Mouvement
by Blueshirt in Paris on Feb 12, 2012 8:04 AM EST up reply actions
CBJ is in a good position right now. The market is currently quiet and if they do a deal for Nash then they should get a nice haul, I just don’t know if it will be from the Rangers. If they can take Kreider out of the deal and substitute Thomas and maybe a player like St. Croix, then I think I do it. Dubi has to go to make the $$ come close to working though more cap savings would have to be done. I do believe that the market picks up within 10 days of the deadline.
The Ottawa Sun had the same trade in the paper last night. Ugh, don’t deal Kreider please.. and don’t get Nash.
Actually he mentions
that its noted Rumor Monger Bruce Garrioch from Ottawa who came up with Dubi, Kreider and a 1st for Nash, either way its a no deal
"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 Feb 12, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
hate to say this but my friend there are tweets that Howson is at the Ranger game today. so that’s 2 games in a row (Philly yesterday). so it’s either Carter or Nash I would assume or possibly Brassard.
by Richter1994 on Feb 12, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/shanny_doling_soft_justice_zEzamK8FtrB7fnAjXi8zcP for you BigB22, lol. I’ll let Brooks do my ranting for me, lol.

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