5-hole.com Pick ‘em – No Brandon, we don’t mean your nose – 12/15/08

No Brandon!  You’re on TV!!!

Oh well.
The Boys over at Top Gear on BBC have outdone themselves.  After playing a game of soccer with cars, they have now played a game of ice hockey… with cars.

Hockeyness starts at 2:43.
Picks after the jump…

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Rangers lose [insert witty title]

The Rangers have just three regulation wins in 17 games since the start of November with two goals or fewer in 12 of those 17 games. They have been shutout twice on home ice in the last three games and have only scored 2.33 goals per game, second-to-last in the NHL, better than only Tampa [...]

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Postgame Thoughts: Rangers v. Douchelanders

Hello again, everyone. I know Eric and I are horrible at being consistent with this blog, but we’re doing our best. We are, after all, terribly disabled. What’s this crippling disability which afflicts us, you ask? We’re lazy.
Anyfart, last night’s Monday’s game against the Long Island Douchebags was mighty fun, was [...]

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Game Preview: Rangers at Philadelpha Flyers

Aside from trading R.J. Umberger to Columbus and Sami Kapanen retiring, not very much went on with the Flyers this offseason.  Yes, last season they shot from the league basement to the Conference Finals, but they still got thrashed by our back-up goalie whenever we played them.   Stevie V posted a 3-0-1 record against [...]

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Blackhawks @ Rangers – Game Preview

I guess you could call this a Season Preview but we’ll just call it the Game Preview. Also, today is my birthday!

Back on October 5, 2005, the New York Rangers played a game for the first time in over a year. The NHL was finally back after a lock-out that led to the [...]

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Rangers sign Dawes

The Rangers announced they have re-signed Forward Nigel Dawes.  I am happy about this.  Tom, if you’re reading this.  MAKE THE THIRD LINE DAWES-DUBINSKY-PRUCHA!
The terms of the agreement have not been released yet.
Update 7/17: The deal was for one year and $587,500 –  a bargain at twice the price!

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Tyutin, Russia wins Gold at World Championship

In thrilling comeback fashion, Russia won the gold medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship earlier today. Heading into the third period down 4-2, Russia scored twice to force the game into Overtime.
1:55 into the OT period, Rick Nash was whistled for delay of game and just 45 seconds later, Ilya Kovalchuk scored to [...]

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Flyers Still Alive

The Philadelphia Flyers showed they were still very much alive last night when they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 to stave off elimination. The Penguins now lead the series 3-1. The Flyers scored three goals in the first period to jump out to a 3-0 lead heading into the first intermission. Things [...]

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Because some people are impatient

Brandon Dubinsky got a hat trick yesterday in Team USA’s trouncing of Norway at the IIHF World Championship.
You can see highlights here.
There’s your daily update.

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Rangers live to fight another day

After a 3-0 shutout, the Rangers have forced a game 5 this Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh.
Henrik Lundqvist was sensational in the win tonight.  Jaromir Jagr made the most of what was potentially his last game at MSG, with 2 goals and an assist. Brandon Dubinsky added a sweet power play goal. And Chris [...]

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