Main thought on the article today was looking ahead to next
year’s Winter Classic and based on all the factors the NHL has to consider the
most logical choice is for the Rangers
to meet the Flyers in 2012 Classic.
Obviously there are other cities and other teams that will be under
consideration, but the best way to keep the momentum that the Crosby vs
Ovechkin match-up hopefully brings to the game is to bring the game to New York
and have the Rangers play their hated rival Philadelphia Flyers. In the article I go through the revenue side
of it, the HBO factor, who else the Rangers could play and finally what venue
is likely to be the site of the game.
In Rangers NHL news it was announced today that center Erik
Christensen is going to miss 4-6 weeks with the knee injury he sustained in
last night’s game. As we already know
Dale Weise has been summoned from the Whale to take Christensen’s spot in the
lineup.
Speaking of the Whale
they won in OT Wednesday night behind Tim Kennedy’s goal to beat him former
club. The article has a full game recap
as well as the highlights which included both of the Whale goals, a few
excellent saves from Chad Johnson and a couple of pretty good fights.
In World Junior Championships action Team USA took out
Germany 4-0 to maintain the inside track for the group win and bye into the
semi-finals. They can complete that task
with a win over El Nino and the Swiss.
For Team USA Rangers prospects Chris Kreider and Ryan Bourque both got
on the score sheet with Kreider getting his first goal of the tournament and
Bourque recording his second assist.
Full highlights of the game are here.
Also in action today among Rangers prospects in the WJC were
both Jesper Fasth and Roman Horak against one another as Sweden took on the
Czech Republic. In terms of the prospect
comparison the outcome was much the same as the team one as Sweden would win
6-3 with Fasth scoring twice and Horak being held scoreless once again. With his two goals Fasth now has three goals
and an assist in his three games so far and is opening many eyes among Rangers
fans. Hopefully tomorrow there will be
highlights so you can see the goals he scored.
Now for the non-Rangers videos
·
Alex
Ovechkin goes to ESPN and does a shooting accuracy drill with a little more
spice as the targets were Russian dolls filled with Russian dressing. Great watch and makes you wish ESPN still had
hockey coverage
·
P.K.
Subban laid out another victim, Dana Tyrell, with a huge open ice hit
·
Steven
Stamkos goes spin-o-rama on a beautiful penalty shot against Carey
Price. Quality of the move and goal not
all in question, but does doing it after criticizing Omark make Stamkos a
hypocrite. Watch and then tell me.
