Monday, 15 October 2007

Ice Hockey at Madison Square Garden



My first action in NYC is to go to the Sports Mecca that is Madison Square Garden (The self proclaimed 'Most Famous Arena in the World' - How American). I am watching some NHL - New York Rangers versus Ottawa Senators. The game starts slowly with New York just looking terrible and Ottawa looking tired after there long road trip. The first period is scoreless then Ottawa explode for 3 goals in about 2 minutes in the 2nd which leads the New Yorkers booing their own team. I have heard about how fickle the NY crowd can be and it is hilarious - One player in particular gets booed every time he gets the puck. There is a Quality fight in the 2nd period and the Refs just stand by so the crowd get their moneys worth - some decent blows are traded too. It looks like NY will be held scoreless especiall as they couldn't score when Ottawa were reduced to 3 players for 1 minute due to penalties (which lead to some fantastic booing/jeering/comments). Another fight happens which leads to a NY player being led groggily off the ice. NY finally nick a disputed goal with 1 minute to go but that is it as far as the scoring goes. Final NY Rangers 1 Ottawa Senators 3.

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